“Drunk people ran it better!” Or as Jack Sparrow might have said, “Where has all the bipartisanship and cross-party cooperation gone?” It may be the law not to drive under the influence, but according to comedian Lewis Black, such laws only g...
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“Drunk people ran it better!” Or as Jack Sparrow might have said, “Where has all the bipartisanship and cross-party cooperation gone?” It may be the law not to drive under the influence, but according to comedian Lewis Black, such laws only g...
“It is the Chinese water torture of a series of mass shootings that are happening more rapidly and are growing more deadly.” Mayors Against Illegal Weapons director Mark Glaze used this grim analogy while commenting on the effect the Naval Yard s...
“It is the Chinese water torture of a series of mass shootings that are happening more rapidly and are growing more deadly.” Mayors Against Illegal Weapons director Mark Glaze used this grim analogy while commenting on the effect the Naval Yard s...
Often discussed during the past month’s Syrian chemical weapons debate has been the present and altogether fractured state of U.S.-Russian relations. In the cold, marbled walls of embassies, state departments, and, of course, the U.N., this con...
Often discussed during the past month’s Syrian chemical weapons debate has been the present and altogether fractured state of U.S.-Russian relations. In the cold, marbled walls of embassies, state departments, and, of course, the U.N., this con...
Despite all post-electoral promises to the contrary, Congressional and state Republicans last week reverted to their roots. Once again, they conjured voodoo biology and bloviated about their concern for the safety of women to justify blatantly uncons...
Despite all post-electoral promises to the contrary, Congressional and state Republicans last week reverted to their roots. Once again, they conjured voodoo biology and bloviated about their concern for the safety of women to justify blatantly uncons...
In late June of last year, to the dissatisfaction of conservatives and liberals alike, Congress passed a $128 billion legislative package that included the Federal Transportation Act of 2012. The Act sought to “[improve] the safety of public transp...
In late June of last year, to the dissatisfaction of conservatives and liberals alike, Congress passed a $128 billion legislative package that included the Federal Transportation Act of 2012. The Act sought to “[improve] the safety of public transp...
The sequestration process has received a lot of press in the at-large media and here on BPR. Still, I would like to devote this week’s column to talk about how the process costs not just in money, but in time, too. Eventually, I would guess, the s...
The sequestration process has received a lot of press in the at-large media and here on BPR. Still, I would like to devote this week’s column to talk about how the process costs not just in money, but in time, too. Eventually, I would guess, the s...
One thing that frustrates me about modern American politics is that everyone is always playing it safe. Over the last seventeen years – a period involving a presidential impeachment, a terrorist attack, two major wars, and a financial crisis – ...
One thing that frustrates me about modern American politics is that everyone is always playing it safe. Over the last seventeen years – a period involving a presidential impeachment, a terrorist attack, two major wars, and a financial crisis – ...
The US Postal Service is what’s wrong with America. I should clarify: the USPS is a microcosm of many of the issues currently confronting our nation. Before we explore those issues, some background on why USPS has found itself in the headlines. The...
The US Postal Service is what’s wrong with America. I should clarify: the USPS is a microcosm of many of the issues currently confronting our nation. Before we explore those issues, some background on why USPS has found itself in the headlines. The...
House Republicans signaled they will vote on a three-month hike to the nation’s debt ceiling sometime this week. For those still curious, here’s your primer on the debt ceiling. When will we hit the debt ceiling? We already kind of hit the debt c...
House Republicans signaled they will vote on a three-month hike to the nation’s debt ceiling sometime this week. For those still curious, here’s your primer on the debt ceiling. When will we hit the debt ceiling? We already kind of hit the debt c...
We’ve heard a lot about campaign finance this election cycle. But what actually is it and why should we care? Let’s get caught up on the history first. Campaign finance on the Federal level essentially began in the 1880s, but was largely ineffect...
We’ve heard a lot about campaign finance this election cycle. But what actually is it and why should we care? Let’s get caught up on the history first. Campaign finance on the Federal level essentially began in the 1880s, but was largely ineffect...