Why the Media Covered for Biden
Plus: A listener asks whether Bruce Springsteen's song Born in the U.S.A is actually patriotic.
Plus: A listener asks whether Bruce Springsteen's song Born in the U.S.A is actually patriotic.
Biden wants to retain his power. Most political leaders do!
Plus: Who are the editors' favorite vice presidents of all time?
The vice president's exaggeration reflects a pattern of dishonesty in the administration's pitch to voters who oppose the war on weed.
The supposedly reformed drug warrior's intransigence on the issue complicates his appeal to young voters, who overwhelmingly favor legalization.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the libertarian argument against shopping local.
Turns out subjecting presidential aspirants to libertarian-flavored scrutiny is good for journalism! And sanity.
The mere act of publishing sex ads online is enough to send most potential free speech allies scurrying for the exits.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about requiring gun buyers to pass a psychological assessment.
Plus: Rupert Murdoch retires, Ibram X. Kendi blew through millions of dollars, and more…
When it comes to conflicts with people engaged in unpopular or disfavored speech, too many journalists side with the feds.
Plus: A listener question scrutinizing current attitudes toward executive power
The underwhelming vice presidency of an unpopular former prosecutor has created a succession problem for the Democrats.
The underwhelming vice presidency of an unpopular former prosecutor has created a succession problem for the Democrats.
People with money on the line try harder than pundits to be right, and they adjust quickly when they've made a mistake.
Plus: The editors wade into the conversation surrounding the modern dilemmas men face.
Plus: A judge may recognize a poly romance, the Nobel Prize goes to economists "for research on banks and financial crises," and more...
The abortion wars have entered a new phase.
Stop government interference in reproduction, medical decisions, gun ownership, drug use, and more.
Kamala Harris is only human, says Jen Psaki.
Plus: Texas attacks TikTok, Neil Young's anti-science past, IRS reconsidering face scans, and more...
Senate Democrats should avoid taking the easy, undemocratic way out.
The jury rightly concluded that the prosecution failed to prove its case.
Plus: A dispatch from the National Conservatism Conference, a progressive FCC nominee gets a surprising backer, and more...
Harris' attempts at evolving her political image away from being a law-and-order prosecutor have been disingenuous and unconvincing.
Plus: Behind the CDC mask guidance, where new mask mandates are cropping up, and more...
When pressed by NBC's Lester Holt in a Tuesday interview, Harris laughed the question off.
By discouraging Guatemalans from coming to the U.S., Harris hopes to keep migrants away from a legal immigration pathway they’re eligible to pursue.
Despite their professed goals, Democrats' pandemic policies have widened disparities between races, classes, and genders.
So many people are leaving the state that it will soon lose a congressional seat.
The government has pocketed millions of dollars from immigrants who came to the U.S. legally—and has refused to pay them back.
Plus: Facebook joins the fight against Section 230, court says no right to bear arms outside home, and more...
But the real reason why Democrats should abandon the effort to hike the federal minimum wage has nothing to do with arcane Senate rules or the filibuster.
Plus: Pandemic housing prices are overvalued, U.S. will withdraw support for war in Yemen, and more...
The reconciliation process exists for a reason. Discarding it for political expediency should be viewed with skepticism.
At a time when legacy publications are increasingly seen as playing for one political "team" or the other, this type of editorial decision will not do anything to fix that perception.
The MORE Act, which would repeal federal prohibition, is scheduled for a vote this week.
Democratic warnings that Amy Coney Barrett would threaten Obamacare were predictably overblown.
Plus: Behind the Trump press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine sees early success, and more...
All major news organizations are now reporting that Biden has won enough Electoral College votes, even as Trump mounts potential legal challenges.
"There’s a big difference between equality and equity."
Politeness is nice. Answering questions would be even nicer.
Too bad Biden's position isn't as good as Pence makes it sound.
Plus: a Google copyright case, the third-party vote, and more...
Pence's answers on energy and climate were full of misdirection and misinformation.