Jon Stewart’s take on the “War” between the Obama Administration and Fox News.
It’s priceless.

I normally like a lot of the things that Timothy Egan writes, but today he managed to hit one of my pet peeves:
“In Iraq, some Sunnis have always hated some Shiites, and vice-versa, for more years than the United States has been a country, and they will continue to dismember each other and their children [...]

The Supreme Court will soon hear a series of cases on whether or not juveniles can be sentenced to life without parole for crimes that aren’t murder.
Personally, I think it is silly to sentence a juvenile to life without parole for any crime.
Take this quote, which is actually a defense of the practice by the [...]

One of the Democratic contenders for Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat in Massachusetts is Stephen Pagliuci, currently co-owner of the Boston Celtics. The biggest distinguishing factor of Mr. Pagliuci’s campaign thus far is that he has refused to take any special interest money. His loyalty can’t be bought, or so he proudly trumpets.
Of [...]

This report is really interesting. Democratic leaders are pushing for a public option to keep health insurance companies honest, and keep their profit margins down. Except, it turns out that profits are already scrawny - the source of skyrocketing health care costs isn’t insurance profit margins.
Perhaps the most interesting part of this report [...]

Just a few weeks after I complained about giving away free money to kids, now Obama comes up with a program to give away free money to the elderly. The issue at hand is that social security payouts didn’t increase this year for the first time in recent memory. So, Obama wants to [...]

Imagine that you own a watchdog. You’ve tasked this watchdog to watch your house and to prevent theft. You paid a lot of money for the dog and for the expert who trained the dog. And over the years, the dog has managed to chase away a couple of would-be thieves. [...]

There is an article in the New York Times today that I think raises an interesting question: how many times must a harmless act be repeated to become hurtful?
Here’s the background information on the lawsuit: In Minneapolis area there are two elite private high schools, Breck and Blake. They are both small, extremely expensive, [...]

I believe that the two most confusing and misunderstood words in the English language are “conservative” and “liberal”. I’ve talked about this before, but given that I had to clarify this for my wife last week, I realize that maybe I should revisit it. Both phrases have multiple, often contradictory, definitions, so let’s [...]

Ok, I like Obama. I don’t agree with everything he’s done, but I do like his emphasis on diplomacy, and his willingness to compromise and consider data in policy making. And maybe someday, if his initiatives are successful, he would deserve this. But now? Before he’s accomplished anything?
There are [...]