Mississippi
Newt’s Personal Hypocrisy on ‘Death Panels’
The Senate’s Option Wasn’t “Nuclear”
Capital Tracks
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern AmericaBy Richard White (W.W. Norton, 660 pp., $35) READ MORE >>
Who Counts as a 'Person'? Mississippi Decides This November
[Guest Post by Simon van Zuylen-Wood] READ MORE >>
A Radical New Ploy to Destroy Roe v. Wade—Which Just Might Work
2011 has been a banner year for abortion opponents. Thus far, 87 state laws restricting abortion have been enacted, the most in any year since Roe v. Wade and more than double the previous high. But one rogue wing of the pro-life movement sees no reason to celebrate: the budding “personhood movement,” which wants to turn abortion into homicide by methodically amending state constitutions to define conception as the beginning of a person’s life. READ MORE >>
Hurricane Katrina is the costliest disaster in U.S. history and among the three costliest in the world ever. As such, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast stand as a lesson about what it takes to rebuild after a major catastrophe. READ MORE >>
‘The Help’ Isn’t Racist. Its Critics Are.
Pull Yourself Together, D.C.! Perrymania Is Overrated
What Is The Worsening Obesity Epidemic Costing Us?
There was more grim health news earlier last week when a new study revealed that obesity rates in every U.S. state have risen sharply since the 1990s. The state with the highest rate today is Mississippi, where more than one-third of all adults are obese. And even the state with the lowest obesity rate today—Colorado, with an obesity rate just below 20 percent—would have had the highest rate in 1995. READ MORE >>
