Recent Votes

• How Mitt Romney gets away with his lying

  Source: The Washington Post

  Yesterday, Mitt Romney gave a big speech in which he accused Obama of lighting a “prairie fire of debt.” It’s a good line, and it has received widespread media coverage. Romney’s speech has already been dissected by Jonathan Chait and Steve Benen. They  …

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• Krugman, Keynesian Economics, and Alchemy

  Every time I read a piece by Paul Krugman I pull my hair and gnash my teeth while wondering how it is that someone of his stature can be so completely wrong in so many ways.  Whether I look at the way he frames the issue, the way he avoids acknowledging certain facts while m …

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• House Speaker John Boehner Teed Up A Debt Limit Fight For The Winter | TPMDC

  Source: Talking Points Memo

  The Republican Speaker of the House threatens to hold the nation hostage again and repeat the debt limit crisis that led to the downgrading of US debt last time.

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• The Gay Divorcees - There are more than you might think.

  Source: National Review Online

  Announcing the results of his long-term “evolution” on the subject last week, President Obama revived the debate over gay marriage. In the widespread discussion, however, there is one question that’s rarely asked: How interested are gay couples in getting  …

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• Jeff Flake's plan to politicize the National Science Foundation

  Source: The Washington Post

  On Thursday, on a mostly party-line vote, the House passed an amendment by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to prohibit the National Science Foundation from funding political science research. And, in doing so, it politicized one of the main ways this country funds scientific research …

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