Politics
Justice Kennedy Offers Aid and Comfort to Both Sides in Obamacare Battle
Kennedy's vote in King v. Burwell is too close to call.
Rand Paul Cancelled a Parks and Rec Cameo Alongside Ron Swanson
Showrunner says Paul bailed at the last minute.
Ben Carson's Gay-Making Prisons, and the Insurgent/Petulant/Crusader Split Among GOP Anti-Establishmentarians
Why not all 'outsiders' are built the same, and how that might benefit Ted Cruz.
Supreme Court Appears Closely Divided Over Legality of Obamacare Tax Subsidies
Sharp questions for both sides. Kennedy and Roberts likely hold the deciding votes.
Lobbyists Can Legally Screw Politicians in North Carolina, Says Ethics Commission
No, they don't mean that figuratively.
Kennedy is Skeptical, Roberts is Mum: What We Know About Today's Arguments in the Supreme Court's Obamacare Subsidies Case
The High Court may be leaning toward the administration's position on the health law case.
6 Weak Arguments in the Administration's Obamacare Supreme Court Subsidies Brief
The administration's case is little more than a request for legal permission to rewrite the law.
Can Rand Paul Ever Be Sufficiently Pro-Israel?
Attacking Paul's insufficiently enthusiastic applause for Netanyahu is symbolic of a continuing problem he has with elements of the American Right.
House Passes Clean DHS Funding Bill: Republicans Divide Themselves Instead of Democrats
They passed a clean bill with no poison pills against the Obama executive order
The Uncanny Valley of House of Cards Season Three
The Underwoods' world is close enough to our own to provoke both fascination and revulsion.
Shikha Dalmia on the Misplaced Feminist Outrage Against Patricia Arquette
Feminism no longer knows how to help real women with real problems
Feminism's Oppression Obsession Hurts Women
What women need is a broad progressive agenda, not identity politics
Hillary Clinton Only Had a Personal E-Mail Account While She Was Secretary of State; Broke the Law But What Difference Does it Make?
Breaking the law doesn't come with the same consequences for government officials as it does for the rest of us.
Warren Buffett's Economic Contradictions
The famous investor has an opportunistic relationship with big government.
Could Sports Gambling Beat Marijuana to National Legalization?
Experts expect it will be legal within five years.
Obamacare Returns to SCOTUS. What Will Roberts Do?
The Supreme Court prepares for another legal showdown over Obamacare.
Social Conservative Worries That the GOP Is Getting More Libertarian, And Also That It's Getting Less Libertarian
A party pulled in multiple directions
Taxes and Restrictions Masquerading as Federal Dietary Guidelines
A panel of government-appointed experts has recommended new food taxes, eating less meat, restricting food marketing, and banning some food at the local level.
House Democrats Join Restrictionists in Rejecting the Three-Week DHS Funding Extension
They wanted to give Republicans rope to hang themselves
Congressional Democrats Climate Change Investigation: Witchhunt or McCarthyism?
Progressives launch smear campaign against climate researchers they dislike
Gary Johnson Disputes Rand Paul's Libertarian Cred
"Who's a bigger supporter of liberty?" would make for a great election year debate.
Jeb Bush and the Gospel of Economic Growth
Jeb Bush defends himself on Common Core and immigration while talking up economic expansion.
Atheist Group Makes CPAC Debut
There may be no nonbelievers in a foxhole-but there were some this year at CPAC.
Netanyahu Does The Impossible: Divides Congress on Israel
Bibi's speech to Congress threatens the uniquely rock-solid bipartisan support for Israel.
Are Gun Accidents More Dangerous Than Bathtubs to Kids? Depends on the Definition of "Kids"
The politicization of "fact checking" in media and that Daily Show List of Fox Lies
Senate Passes A Clean DHS Funding Bill while House Republicans Consider "Options"
House Republicans don't grok that there is no way to win this fight
Frank Underwood Cares: A House of Cards Political Ad
Could Frank Underwood Beat Vladimir Putin? Bitch, Please.
Dare to Dream: IRS Subject of Criminal Probe Over Missing Emails
They were "missing" much like a box shoved in a closet is "missing."
Feminists Have No Right to be Pissed Off at Patricia Arquette
She's only playing the identity politics oppression card that they handed her
Forget Scott Walker's ISIS/Unions Comments: Today's Republican Foreign Policy Scandal Is That GOP Elites Still Agitate for Pre-Emptive War
Judging by a conservative "debate," the options range from overthrowing the Ayatollahs to replacing them with explicitly pro-American leaders.
Today Ted Cruz Is a Marijuana Federalist—a Year Ago, Not So Much
The likely presidential candidate now says states should be free to legalize.
