Politicizing the census
Last week, the Obama administration announced that senior White House aides would supervise the Census Bureau’s conduct of the 2010 survey. Republicans quickly charged that the White House was politicizing...
Last week, the Obama administration announced that senior White House aides would supervise the Census Bureau’s conduct of the 2010 survey. Republicans quickly charged that the White House was politicizing...
Seriously. I guess ‘progressive conservative’ might be something of a contradiction, although American conservatism, with its emphasis on individual freedom and free markets, could actually be described as progressive. (Hat...
Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Both born 200 years ago today, on February 12, 1809. Even so, almost 40% of Americans now believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution.
“We should not allow resources to determine strategy.” Standing on its own, this statement embodies a classic fallacy of defense planning. Resources are the foundation of any coherent strategy. However,...
To my surprise, this morning’s Post had a whole article about how Obama caricatures the opponents of the stimulus as people who want to do nothing in the midst of...
Time Magazine’s Justin Fox explains. For a look at the original, super-scary Pelosi chart, see Dennis Sanders.