Ben Carson: Fighting Trump’s war on the poor
Somehow a trillion-dollar tax giveaway is no issue for the deficit, but modest housing assistance for America's poorest people has to go.
Twelve movies about American demagoguery to watch this weekend
Bored with the transfer of presidential power? Here's an alternative viewing list of great films.
Clinton’s Heist of Democracy and the Voter-Driven Superdelegate and Platform Solution
We deserve to have processes and institutions perform their assigned role of promoting debate, and electoral integrity.
Ranking Colleges
Public universities are the major vehicles of upward mobility in America—educating 73 percent of all college students. But do these public universities provide a higher-quality education than the private elites?
The Growing Case for Massive Taxes on the Rich
Society's takers, hoarders, and cheaters just ignore the injustice, and go on avoiding taxes while they blame the less fortunate for their own misfortunes.
What’s Behind the Fed’s Decision to Raise Interest Rates in a Struggling Economy?
It's clear that the Fed feels it needs to get interest rates back up before the bottom falls out of the US economy once again.
‘Enormous policy failure’: states throw hundreds of thousands—including many children—off Medicaid
"We knew this was coming," wrote one policy expert. "But we still treat these burdens like they're unavoidable natural disasters."
Re-Defending the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo rages on as the lone state senator, Donna Campbell, is re-defending the Alamo from the invading forces of the United Nations. So what spurred her to rush to the barricades of the Alamo?
After Paris, Imagine the Children of Syria
The recent attacks on Paris are terrible, but is indiscriminate retaliation only fueling the flames of terrorism?
9 things to know about Joe Biden
Former vice president is an instant front-runner with universal name recognition, extensive financial network.