December 3, 2013
RX Drugs: 10 Years
Ten years ago, Congress was in the process of passing a controversial piece of legislation, which the president would sign on Dec. 8: the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act. This measure somehow survived a series of harrowing,...
December 2, 2013
4 Lessons From an Epic Iron Bowl
Alabama ran the wishbone offense in the 1971 season, but that innovation didn’t help them slow down the Nebraska Cornhuskers, led by Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers....
November 29, 2013
Black Friday
Black Friday is not my jam. Black Thanksgiving is not even in the realm of the possible in my mind....
November 28, 2013
Papal Populism
The Pope spoke recently condemning “trickle-down economics” and the “idolatry of money” and calling for the rich to respect the poor.[/caption] At the height of the Guilded Age in America and the Industrial Revolution elsewhere, Pope Leo the XIII issued...
November 26, 2013
The Reid Rule
If Sen. Harry Reid’s rule change on filibusters did anything, it sent a message to the business titans who support Senate Tea Party challengers to Republican incumbents to knock it off. Regaining control of the Senate is now more important...