California Embraces Pension-Spiking Bonanza
This completely undermines the governor's pension reform law. Will he let that happen?
Law & Government
The Millennial Scramble
Political parties and activist groups are competing for a generation suddenly up for grabs.
Young, Bummed, and in Debt
The labor market looks bleak for millennials. Why aren't they angrier?
Suspicious Minds in the 1970s
Rick Perlstein's new book shows the strange '70s interplay of skepticism and nostalgia.
The Golden State's Pension Reforms Get Spiked
California's public pensions have 99 problems and temporary upgrades in pay is one.
There's Nothing SWEET About the National Soda Tax
Rep. Rosa DeLauro's SWEET Act would implement an excise tax on soda and other sweetened drinks. Supporters of the measure are difficult to find.
Judge Grants New Life to 'Fast and Furious' Scandal
Orders Justice Department to hand over documents to Congress
Former Vt. Independent Sen. James Jeffords Dies
Famous for leaving the Republican Party under Dubya, giving Dems control over the Senate.
Obama Is Being a Coward, Not Caesar, on Immigration
He has the executive authority to give far more relief to unauthorized workers
Refusing to Negotiate With "Terrorists," Adam Carolla Continues His War on Patent Trolls
"We'll take the duck tape and the zip ties."
Dem in Congress: We Should Vote on Airstrikes … When We Come Back in September
If, you know, they're still going on.
Plagiarism Accusation Forces John Walsh Out of Senate Run
Walsh is not resigning his Senate seat.
Spying, Lying, and Torture
CIA Director John Brennan admitted his agents spied on senators. Then the president said he still has confidence in Brennan.
'Aaron's Law' to Reform Terribly Abused Anti-Hacking Regs Languishes in Congress
Committee head won't allow debate or vote
Copyright Absurdity: Reagan Biographer Gets Paraphrased, Demands $25 Million
This week in preposterous legal threats
Americans Really Don't Like Their Congresscritters
Fifty-one percent say their own representatives suck.
Let's Celebrate Watergate and the Deflation of the Imperial Presidency
It wasn't a national nightmare; it was fun. We can do it again.
Another Unconstitutional Abortion Restriction Struck Down in the South; Judge Asks What If Similar Laws Applied to Guns?
Alabama will have to reconsider a requirement that abortion clinic doctors have local hospital admitting privileges.
Behind the Failure on Immigration Reform
Is there any room for optimism on the immigration front?
The New York Times: Unions Manipulate New York City's Public Pension Funds To Punish Their Enemies
Politicians divert "investments" to favored causes.
School's Out: Unaccomplished Congress Heads for Summer Vacation
Lawmakers arrived on Capitol Hill Thursday with a lengthy list of critical issues to handle and little time to finish them.
Is the President Incompetent or Lawless?
Barack Obama has demonstrated a propensity for rejecting his oath and doing damage to our fabric of liberty that cannot easily be undone by a successor.
