Anti-tax politicians keep repeating that, when taxes go up, rich people go elsewhere. They claim that when states raise taxes, millionaires leave in droves,
Category: States
Rewriting the Second Amendment
“They’re trying to take away my Second Amendment rights,” say many gun rights advocates. But what do they mean by that? I doubt that
“Proposing gun legislation should be a felony,” says MO lawmaker
File this one under idiotic state laws. Missouri state representative Mike Leara–a Republican– has filed a bill that would make it felony for state
How to influence a legislator…without screaming
Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University student who testified before Congress about the need for religious-affiliated institutions to provide contraception as part of their health-care
Mississippi’s last abortion clinic is pink and proud
Over the last weekend in January 2013, Jackson Women’s Health Services applied a coat of bright-pink paint to its building at the corner of
Which “freedoms” are legislators protecting?
“We’ve trended toward more freedoms for law-abiding citizens.” That’s how Missouri State Senator Brian Munzlinger recently described the outlook of the Missouri legislature. I
Cory Booker: It’s not easy being a political star
Several weeks ago, I wrote about the hazard of being seen as a hero. The downfalls of General David Petraeus and Lance Armstrong demonstrate
A healthy dose of good government: Flu shots at the pharmacy
One afternoon last week, I walked into the pharmacy in my local supermarket. Twenty minutes later, I left after receiving a needle’s worth of
Get re-elected. Resign immediately. Go to work for a lobbying group. Repeat.
Political manipulation and cynicism hit a new low in December 2012, when, just 30 days after being re-elected, Jo Ann Emerson, the ten-term Congressperson
Why “The Impossible” makes me think about healthcare
I went to see the movie The Impossible the other day and have since been thinking about how it relates to our situation here