Stay the Troy Davis Execution
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Georgia absolutely should not execute Troy Davis next week. No one should ever be executed when there is this much doubt in the case record. This is very disturbing and scary.
In an extraordinary hearing in June 2010 ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court, Davis’ attorneys were finally allowed to present evidence of his …
Dubya and Me
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Walt Harrington’s reflections on how George W. Bush grew over the years that Harrington knew him. As many people have pointed out, President Bush was far smarter than people thought. (That doesn’t mean that he was always right, just that he wasn’t an idiot.)
And he began to talk—and talk and talk for what …
Obama’s Job Plan: A Never-Never Bill
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Megan McCardle is annoyed that President Obama wasted her time with a job’s plan that he’s not actually interested in passing.
If the president were serious about providing stimulus, he would pay attention to the work of his old CEA chair, and pay for the jobs bill by decreasing the growth rate of something-or-other …
Rick Perry and Crony Capitalism
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I don’t like to see Presidential candidates engaged in this kind of crony capitalism.
Rick Perry for President?
And I’ll promise you this: I’ll work every day to make Washington, D.C. as inconsequential in your life as I can.
In Spite of All That Cash, Unions Came Up Short
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For months, unions have told us that after their state-senate recall efforts in Wisconsin, lawmakers would learn not to scale back their collective-bargaining “rights.” The recalls would warn any state thinking about passing a law like Governor Walker’s to think again. Yet after Tuesday night’s recall elections, only one lesson is perfectly clear: …
Who’s Unwilling to Compromise?
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I was making exactly this point, while driving home last night.
For the Tea Party Republicans who make up a significant part of the House GOP caucus, Boehner’s proposal is a significant retreat from “Cut, Cap and Balance.” Those who support the Boehner proposal, which is formally known as the Budget Control Act, consider …
Government Is Not Society
If I was going to sum up my political philosophy as succinctly as possible, I think this is how I’d do it.
Perhaps the difference that most fundamentally separates true liberals and libertarians from others is that, to one degree or another, true liberals and libertarians are, unlike non-liberals and non-libertarians, dutiful sons and …
Governor Walker’s Recall
I did not realize this.
Like all other public officials, the Governor of Wisconsin is not eligible for recall until he or she has served at least one year in the current term of office. Recall petitions cannot be circulated until early November, 2011, and cannot be offered for filing until January 3, …
Heinlein Defines Our World
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In the course of defending Robert Heinlein’s position on firearms from David Brin, Eric S. Raymond offers up a view on the staggering impact that RAH has had on the world we live in today.
(When time has given us perspective to write really good cultural histories of the 20th century, Heinlein is going …