A brief New York Times article published October 20 gives an overview of how state legislatures are making it harder to vote. This includes restricting early voting, making it harder to register, and imposing strict voter-ID requirements supposedly to combat … Continue reading
An interesting article by World Bank economist Richard J. Carroll, published on Bloomberg.com in June, summarizes his book-length study comparing the 12 U.S. presidents since World War II in terms of how well the economy did on their watch, using … Continue reading
As a businessman I’m not quite sure what to make of this op-ed by Robert S. McElvaine published October 19 in The Washington Post. In brief: Since 1928 four successful businessmen have served as president — Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, … Continue reading
… and the response cracks up the audience: by … Continue reading
Donald Trump, who still won’t tell us what shocking discoveries his private detectives uncovered in Hawaii (that Trump was a bigger sucker than even they expected?), yesterday made a Big Announcement, namely that if Obama would release his “college records … Continue reading
Steve Benen had a good short blog post the other day on lobbying that’s worth a read. It references a Politico article titled “Lobbyists ready for a comeback under Mitt Romney,” which reads in part: President Barack Obama’s gone further … Continue reading
Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota) spent most of his life as a comedian and writer, and he still occasionally does deadpan jokes, as here: by … Continue reading
Aside from his role in likely preventing a Republican majority in the Senate, Representative Todd Akin (R-Missouri) isn’t an important figure, but he says enough odd things to be interesting. Most notoriously, he claimed in a television interview that women … Continue reading
Following is the text of an open letter released last Wednesday and signed by 68 American winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine: An Open Letter to the American People America’s economic future, the quality … Continue reading
Once again Fox News has been caught editing a tape to create a false impression: Obama had pointed out during the second presidential debate that the day after the murder of the American ambassador in Benghazi, Libya, he had referred … Continue reading