Is This What The Climate-Change Debate Has Come To?
CPAC: Donald Trump Can't Be Serious About Running. Can He?
Can't Repeal Health Care Reform? Just Bury It In Paperwork
If Republicans in the House want to thwart health care reform, they have all sorts of options at their fingertips. They can vote—boldly but quixotically—to repeal the whole thing. (Um, check.) They can kick up their heels and pray that the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act. (That might take awhile.) They can try to block new funding for the bill. (That's coming soon.) Or, there's a fourth option, one that hasn't gotten nearly as much attention as the other three, but which might be the most effective strategy of all: death by investigation. READ MORE >>
Mark Kirk: Al Gore's Personal Life Disproves Global Warming
Here's how Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) explains his big about-face on climate change over the past year: "The consensus behind the climate change bill collapsed and then further deteriorated with the personal and political collapse of Vice President [Al] Gore," Kirk said in a brief interview last week. READ MORE >>
Charles Fried: The Individual Mandate Is A "No-Brainer"
Are there any conservative legal scholars out there who dislike health care reform on the merits but still think the individual mandate is perfectly constitutional? There's Harvard Law Professor Charles Fried, for one. Earlier today, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the constitutionality of the health care bill, Ronald Reagan's old solicitor general called the soundness of the mandate a "no-brainer." READ MORE >>
How Egypt Changes The Politics of Foreign Aid
Of all the cuts conservatives want to make in government spending, foreign aid should be the easiest—at least politically. After all, most voters seem to have a wildly inflated view of how much we actually give to other countries (it's a microscopic slice of the overall budget), and the aid itself tends to be unpopular. READ MORE >>
