James Baker, J Street, and the Transformation of the Republican Party
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UPDATED! Meet Chuck Schumer, One of the Most Trivial Pols Ever. And Your Next Senate Minority Leader
A partial listing of some of the things that the New York senator has tried to ban over the years.
1 in 20 U.K. Students Has Engaged in Sex Work
While money was one motivating factor, students also cited flexible scheduling and personal enjoyment as reasons for choosing sex work.
How a Former Drug Czar Debates on Twitter
John Walters praised Chris Christie's comments about tax dollars from legal pot sales being "blood money." Then things got...interesting.
Breaking: "The Gist" of Rand Paul's Controversial Defense Budget Amendment 940
More than ever, we need a strong voice to argue that $600 billion is more than enough to secure the safety and security of U.S. citizens and interests.
Elton John vs. Dolce & Gabbana: Should You Boycott Anti-Gay-Adoption Businesses?
The famous fashion designers are gay but oustpoken critics of gay parents and IVF children.
Bomb Iran Now, Work out the Details Later
John Bolton makes bid to lead the growing pre-emptive war caucus
Tom Cotton: I Said 'replacement with a pro-western regime,' not Pre-Emptive War!
Hawkish senator disputes characterization of his interventionist views toward Iran
Ben Carson Loses Murdoch Primary; Says Favorite Treasury Secretary Was 'Andrea Mitchell's husband'
Another challenging day for the outsideriest hopeful in the GOP presidential field
Sex Worker Laura Lee to Launch Legal Challenge to Northern Ireland Prostitution Law
In Northern Ireland people can be convicted of paying for sex starting in June.
Is That a Nuke in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
New book, The Future of Violence, is terrified about 'technologies of mass empowerment'
The Conservatarian Manifesto: Should Libertarians and Conservatives Unite?
Q&A with National Review's Charles C. W. Cooke.
North Korea vs. Art
The communist dictatorship has long had a weird relationship with creative expression
It's Time to Rethink America's Relationship With Israel
Maybe Israeli politicians will act more responsibly if they don't have the American people to fall back on.
Arguments for Military Sequestration for Conservatives
Arguments strong enough for a conservative, but made for everyone.
Ben Carson: Put the Baltics in NATO! Beware the Sunni-Shia Alliance!
Three madcap foreign policy claims by the GOP's resident super-outsider
UK Puts Hundreds of Thousands of Innocent People in Facial Recognition Database
The smart money says U.S. agencies can get that up to millions
What Does Netanyahu's Re-election Mean for the Future of Israel?
Bibi wins big after promising no two-state solution and exploiting far-right fear of Israeli Arabs voting in "droves."
Guantanamo Detainee Becomes Best-Selling Author, Condemns Torture from Prison Cell
Mohamedou Slahi is still incarcerated even though a federal judge ordered his release in 2010.
The Squeal of the War Hogs
Why do Lindsey Graham and John McCain think half a trillion dollars is not enough to defend the country?
Underboob Selfies Could Land Women in Jail in Thailand
"We can only warn people to not take it up," said a Culture Ministry spokesperson.
Senate Republicans Push for War With Iran
If anything can persuade Iran's rulers to go for a nuke, it's these hardliners' lust for war.
Lindsey Graham: 'I would literally use the military to keep [Congress in session]…until we restore these defense cuts'
The 2016 presidential longshot wants to love American democracy to death.
Rand Paul's Plan for Kurdistan: 'Draw New Lines' and 'Promise Them a Country'
Kentucky's junior senator courts the hawks.
GOP's New Foreign Policy Hero Is a Surveillance-Loving Interventionist Nightmare
Freshman Sen. Tom Cotton wants to invade Iran and Syria, jail journalists and whistleblowers, eavesdrop on Americans, and keep the 'savages' locked up in Gitmo.
India Bans BBC's Searing Documentary on the Delhi Gang Rape
But the director's pc plea that rape is a global problem trivializes the violence Indian women confront
When Joe Biden Loved Defying the President's Foreign Policy
Back in 1986, the then-senator led the charge against Ronald Reagan's treatment of South Africa
Why Conservatives Should Fight for Death Penalty Drug Transparency
Capital punishment fails the "conservative litmus test."
France Dishonors Charlie Hebdo By Policing Hate Speech
To grant the state the authority to police hatred is to open the door to the policing of thought, conscience, and morality.
"That's It, House of Cards. You Lost Me."
A show that was once darkly great has descended into prosaic moralism. God save us from fictional pols who are serious about jobs programs.
