I received my first paycheck of the new year this week. Did you? Notice anything? My wife certainly did. Roughly $100 that had previously been in my paycheck was now missing. That money was probably going to buy groceries but … Continue reading
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: The “deal” to avert the so-called fiscal cliff is an embarrassingly bad piece of legislation. Historically awful, really. Just horrendous. But I would have voted for it. Governing is not about … Continue reading
Last December, I took a look at what was then the future and made a series of predictions about the next 12 months. I have to say I didn’t do half bad. Things I got right: President Barack Obama defeating … Continue reading
For the past month I’ve been telling you what is wrong with my party, what Republicans can do to fix it and what I think we can all expect from the future of the GOP. But if I could distill … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This is the final piece in a four-part series about the future of the Republican Party. I’ve spent three weeks now being somewhat hard on my own party. In so doing, I have attempted to diagnose the fundamental … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This is the third piece in a four-part series about the future of the Republican Party. Never bring a knife to a gun fight, they say. Yet for the past few election cycles, that has been exactly what … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This is the first in a four-part series about the future of the Republican Party. The Republican Party has lost five of the last six national popular votes for president, and the nature of their single win was … Continue reading
Let’s start with the obvious: Sen.-elect Angus King lied to you, and you shouldn’t be OK with it. All throughout the campaign, despite the contrary being obvious to every human being on the planet, King insisted that he didn’t know … Continue reading
One of the most fascinating “what if” scenarios dreamed up by political scientists about the 2012 election is the possibility that it could end in a 269-269 tie in the electoral college. The most likely situation would be one where … Continue reading
Matthew Gagnon argues it’s senseless to decide what you buy based on the political beliefs of the business owner. Continue reading
