Zombie Politics

It's because of love that they are so hateful. George Orwell would be proud!

The Senate passed the legislation to re-open the government and raise the debt ceiling with a final vote of 81-18. The House vote was 285-14...

It looks like we have a deal to end the shutdown and increase the debt limit. Ted Cruz (see: fraud) will not block the vote on the Senate Fl...

Yesterday was Exhibit A in terms of what our government would be like if it was run by the right wing blogsphere. Adolescent, chaotic, emoti...

“The American states have gone far in assisting the progress of truth; but they have stopped short of perfection. They ought to have given e...

Take a look at the latest polls on the Affordable Care Act. The first takeaway is that the gap between approve and disapprove is narrowing...

Quite a bit to talk about today as we enter the last 48 hours before we default on our debt so let's get to it... It looks as though...

The Times had a great piece in yesterday's paper which illustrated yet again how the relative inelasticity of demand in many health car...

Cranking up the moonbat meter to "More Disturbed," Sarah Palin (not to be left out of all the hubbub in DC) joined Ted Cruz in sto...

“Congress has no power to make any religious establishments.” ~Roger Sherman, Congress, August 19, 1789

With Nobel prize given to Francois Englert and Peter Higgs for their work in subatomic particles, it seems we are moving closer to the goa...

“God has appointed two kinds of government in the world, which are distinct in their nature, and ought never to be confounded together; one ...

John and the Happy Days gang? Must have been during the "Lost Weekend" years...

No wonder House Republicans are ready to deal now... Republicans hit all-time low in Gallup poll I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked th...

“Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. T...

“Some very worthy persons, who have not had great advantages for information, have objected against that clause in the constitution which pr...