Benghazi isn’t a scandal. It’s what the character named Detective Bobby Simone, of TV’s Law & Order, would have called “a situation.” [Simone once
Larry Lessig: A handful of people own our country
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. —Henry David Thoreau Activist and academic
Oklahoma tornado survivor doesn’t “thank God.” She’s an atheist–and my hero
So, you think there are “no atheists in foxholes?” By the same logic, there would be no atheists in tornadoes, either, right? At least
Call me a bleeding-heart liberal
When I scanned an article listing the compensation of CEOs in 2012, I noted that Gregory Boyce of Peabody Coal received $9.5 million. Even
So-called scandals are too nuanced to be investigated by Republicans
How many times have we heard the phrase, “this is too important to be left to politics?” Yes, when we’re discussing foreign policy or
Heritage Foundation to Congress: “Don’t legislate. Scandal-gate.”
This is what passes for “thinking” at the leading conservative “think tank,” the Heritage Foundation. Earlier this week [May 2013], the Heritage Foundation’s executive
How Republicans “starve the beast” by blocking agency appointments
I don’t know why we are surprised at dysfunctional behavior at the Internal Revenue Service: Any agency that has been denied a permanent director
Rita Pierson: “Every kid needs a champion”
Is there any profession more important or demanding than teaching? Think about it. How many jobs require mastery of the multiplicity of skills that
Hog Hell: How a citizen lobby influenced policy in North Carolina
Over the past 20 years, the pork industry in the United States has increased productivity and cut costs through industrialization. The process of pork
Obama rewards billionaire Penny Pritzker for making him president
You may still have romantic vision of a progressive Barack Obama. You know, he’s a Chicago community organizer who ran for president because he