It’s easy to assume that air pollution is a relic of America’s industrial past: a phenomenon that belonged to the age of steel mills and smog-choked skylines. But drive through the petrochemical corridor of Louisiana, or the refinery-lined neighb...
“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” These are the 26 words that serve as the foundation for many policy and jud...
Last year, Elon Musk proclaimed that AI was already smarter than the smartest person in the world, and soon will be smarter than all of the smartest people in the world collectively. No matter how one might feel about this statement, it is undeniable...
Mitt Romney emerged from last week’s debate the undisputed champion and the owner of a substantial bounce in the polls, but he was almost upstaged by an eight-foot tall bird. Romney pledged – while professing his love for Big Bird and debate mode...
Mitt Romney emerged from last week’s debate the undisputed champion and the owner of a substantial bounce in the polls, but he was almost upstaged by an eight-foot tall bird. Romney pledged – while professing his love for Big Bird and debate mode...
As Hans von Spakovsky explains very well in the SCOTUSblog article “Online VRA symposium: The constitutionality of Section 5 comes to the Supremes again,” it’s high past time for the Supreme Court to review Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,...
As Hans von Spakovsky explains very well in the SCOTUSblog article “Online VRA symposium: The constitutionality of Section 5 comes to the Supremes again,” it’s high past time for the Supreme Court to review Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,...
Why Obama lost, in 300 words: As a Democrat, what’s infuriating isn’t that Obama lost; it’s why he lost. It’s so historical, so archetypal, that it convinces me that the universe is imploding. Obama was Kerry; he was Gore; he ...
Why Obama lost, in 300 words: As a Democrat, what’s infuriating isn’t that Obama lost; it’s why he lost. It’s so historical, so archetypal, that it convinces me that the universe is imploding. Obama was Kerry; he was Gore; he ...
Mitt needs to chip at Obama’s widening lead among women. The debates are his first chance to speak directly to them. Mitt Romney may not have been on a modern date in 40 years, but new Quinnipiac stats today suggest if he wants to gain any mome...
Mitt needs to chip at Obama’s widening lead among women. The debates are his first chance to speak directly to them. Mitt Romney may not have been on a modern date in 40 years, but new Quinnipiac stats today suggest if he wants to gain any mome...
A recent report by the Population Division of the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs has received a great deal of attention in recent days for its recommendations regarding the aging of the global population. This trend is partly the re...
A recent report by the Population Division of the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs has received a great deal of attention in recent days for its recommendations regarding the aging of the global population. This trend is partly the re...
The first 2012 Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney debate is coming up on Wednesday. It’s hard to imagine either of the two participants saying anything we haven’t already heard ad nauseam, and our own Michael D’Ortenzio Jr. has already ...
The first 2012 Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney debate is coming up on Wednesday. It’s hard to imagine either of the two participants saying anything we haven’t already heard ad nauseam, and our own Michael D’Ortenzio Jr. has already ...
Last Wednesday, the New York Times ran an opinion article by Theresa Brown entitled “The Human Cost of the Second Amendment.” In her piece, Brown offers an oft-overlooked viewpoint on the gun control/Second Amendment (the right to bear arms) argu...
Last Wednesday, the New York Times ran an opinion article by Theresa Brown entitled “The Human Cost of the Second Amendment.” In her piece, Brown offers an oft-overlooked viewpoint on the gun control/Second Amendment (the right to bear arms) argu...
In the name of transparency and freedom of information, I need to state right now that I’m a pretty serious feminist. Not necessarily a feminist in the “burn your bra, misandry is great,” but certainly a young lady who believes that women s...
In the name of transparency and freedom of information, I need to state right now that I’m a pretty serious feminist. Not necessarily a feminist in the “burn your bra, misandry is great,” but certainly a young lady who believes that women s...
If these voting laws aren’t overturned, polling places could be much emptier than this one in November’s election. Image courtesy of “Muffet/calliope” on Flickr. Two weeks ago, NPR aired a feature on its program “All Things ...
If these voting laws aren’t overturned, polling places could be much emptier than this one in November’s election. Image courtesy of “Muffet/calliope” on Flickr. Two weeks ago, NPR aired a feature on its program “All Things ...
Romney’s new ad is a Frankenstein of formerly-discarded messaging strategies. Will it work? Supposedly, Mitt Romney crossed the “choice versus referendum” line when choosing Paul Ryan. But this week of new ads, criticism within the ...
Romney’s new ad is a Frankenstein of formerly-discarded messaging strategies. Will it work? Supposedly, Mitt Romney crossed the “choice versus referendum” line when choosing Paul Ryan. But this week of new ads, criticism within the ...
In SCOTUSblog’s recent article, “Same-sex marriage symposium: Justice Scalia’s constitutional case for gay marriage,” author Dale Carpenter argues that Scalia’s dissent in Lawrence v. Thomas (2003) will actually help the Court decide in f...
In SCOTUSblog’s recent article, “Same-sex marriage symposium: Justice Scalia’s constitutional case for gay marriage,” author Dale Carpenter argues that Scalia’s dissent in Lawrence v. Thomas (2003) will actually help the Court decide in f...
The fabled “undecided voter” gets a bad rap in SNL’s Digital Short this week (granted, so has the Chronicles of Narnia and President Ahmadinejad in the past). But amazingly, SNL’s dumbed-down undecideds—“What happe...
The fabled “undecided voter” gets a bad rap in SNL’s Digital Short this week (granted, so has the Chronicles of Narnia and President Ahmadinejad in the past). But amazingly, SNL’s dumbed-down undecideds—“What happe...