Fixing the Filibuster
The Democratic majority in the Senate has dropped below 60, and suddenly the air is thick with calls for filibuster reform. This is the first installment in a series. Click here to read the rest of the series. The Democratic majority in the Senate has dropped below 60, and …Defending Internet Speech
I have just finished Justice Kennedy’s opinion for the Court in Citizen United v. FEC and one thing is mightily clear -- conservatives are now the chief defenders of free speech and the internet, and the importance of the blogosphere has broken through to the Justices. I have just finished …How Chavez Rules
President Chavez's Bolivarian "missiones" are a highly personalized form of presidential largesse financed by the secret unaudited accounts of Venezuela's oil revenues. But these "missiones" do not function like a social welfare program. Click here for all of David Frum's posts from Venezuela. …Fox's Own Poll Shows Tea Party, Palin Less Popular Than Obama
Voters in a Fox News poll prefer Barack Obama to a hypothetical Tea Party candidate. And it's a result Fox News chose to bury in its reporting on the poll -- choosing instead to highlight "anti-Obama" voter sentiment. A new Fox News survey shows that Americans remain deeply wary of the tea …
Healthcare Status Quo is Not an Option
Right now, convincing the system that you've got a disability and dropping out of the workforce is a surer path to long-term health insurance than getting up and going to work every day. I have read all day about the democratic process in action in Massachusetts. I'm a little puzzled that one …Obama Must Learn from Clinton
If the Democrats are smart, they will take a page from Dick Morris’ winning formula for Clinton’s resurgence and pull Obama back to the center. As Yogi Berra would say, is this political déjà vu all over again? If so, then despite their recent major setbacks, all is not lost for the …GOP Should Take Lead in Championing Disability Rights
In the 2008 elections, both parties released disability policy statements but the issues that concern the disability community have never been fully addressed. Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down. –George H. W. Bush on the signing of the Americans with Disabilities …U.S. Air Reaction to Praying Jew Understandable
Some rabbis have criticized a US Air crew for religious insensitivity when it diverted a plane and called in a bomb squad to investigate a Jewish teen who turned out to be... praying . However, the reaction of the staff was very much understandable. Some rabbis have criticized a US Air crew for …