Indiana
The Start Treaty And Republican Path Dependency
Walter Pincus reports that Republicans overwhelmingly favored the previous Start Treaty before changing their tune on the current one: READ MORE >>
But Is Jesse Jackson *Interesting*?
Country First
The Washington Post looks at the 11 Republican Senators who supported comprehensive immigration reform under George W. Bush but refuse to do so now: READ MORE >>
The Death Of Market Environmentalism
The market is a much more efficient tool to reduce carbon emissions than command-and-control regulations. The downside is that it's more transparent about the costs it imposes. Regulation attacks the problem less efficiently, but the costs are entirely hidden. So that's the direction policy is going, points out David Leonhardt, even among supposedly market-loving Republicans: READ MORE >>
Is Lugar's "Plan B" For Energy Any Good?
Now that Lindsey Graham is bailing on the climate bill he helped write, does he have any other bright ideas? Sort of. Earlier today he appeared at a press conference in support of Indiana Republican Richard Lugar's new energy bill. READ MORE >>
Mark Souder, You Broke My Heart
Washington—A fall from grace of the sort experienced recently by Indiana's Mark Souder typically brings smiles to the faces of liberals weary of moralistic religious types who preach one thing and do another. READ MORE >>
In Michael Lewis’ disturbing but illuminating book unearthing the machinations behind the global financial crisis, The Big Short, one of the Wall Street investors enmeshed in creating the web of sub-prime mortgage-backed securities and related derivatives reports on how he knew the bubble was going to burst. READ MORE >>
The Son Also Rises
Contract With America Redux
Politico reports that Republicans can't agree on their new Contract With America: Republicans are salivating over the prospect of winning back the House in November, and they’re planning to produce a new “Contract With America” in the hopes of sealing the deal. The catch: They don’t agree yet on what should be in it. READ MORE >>
