Happy 25th, Dot Com

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They grow up so fast, don't they? To some of us, at least, it seems like only yesterday that this whole "internets" thing got started. I remember how excited I…

States Delaying Refunds

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This really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, but states have had a particularly tough time during the recent economic downturn. Since almost all are prohibited by their own…

No Quarter

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This post is an odd one to write because all it is is a rather long answer to one trivia question: Who wrote the bill which created the most successful commemorative coin series in the history of the United States? This post has nothing to do with my dislike of Mike Castle as he has only proved himself to be an eager lapdog of the Republican Party leadership over the last decade. This is trivia only.

Evening Read

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Education historian Diane Ravitch on educational reform, The Big Idea — it's bad educational policy. NY Times columnist Frank Rich on why revisionists like Liz Cheney and Karl Rove must…

Impeach Clarence Thomas

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Clarence Thomas was in the court majority in the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, which overturned a century's worth of regulations barring unlimited spending by corporations in political campaigns. Virginia…

Grade the Earmarks

Following up on Scott P's interesting thinking on earmarks (yes I know), here is an interesting approach to the earmark question -- Congressman Tim Walz (MN-1) has asked his constituents to vote and comment on the earmark applications submitted to his office. You can see them all (plus the feedback form) here. And if you click over to look, as you review the list of earmark requests (99 requests?? Yikes!), you have the opportunity to review the documents on each request.