Merck—Too Big to Prosecute?
when a company becomes too deeply enmeshed in the government’s business, these companies simply become too big to prosecute!
After Signaling Support, John Boehner Calls Tax Break For Middle Class ‘Chicken-Shit’
But in private, Boehner seems to hold a different view. Politico reports that in a closed-door GOP meeting this morning, Boehner referred to an extension of the payroll tax holiday…
GOP wants to kill Smokey the Bear
Is nothing sacred? We get that House Republicans are dead serious in their efforts to trim federal spending and cut the national debt, but we had no idea how far…
“Taxing the rich is not a job killer”
But it’s equally true that without consumers, you can’t have entrepreneurs and investors
When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality?
Conservatives have built a whole alternative knowledge system, with its own facts, its own history, its own laws of economics.
Ten More Herman Cain Scandals
Cain did not deliver at Godfather's Pizza. From 1985, the year before Cain was appointed to run Godfathers to 1995 when he left, adjusted for inflation, Godfather's sales were down…
Police vs Peaceful Protesters
Pepper-Spraying Protesters Is Just the Beginning: Here Are More Hypermilitarized Weapons Your Local Police Force Could Employ By arming local police departments with military grade equipment, domestic policing has come…
Commenter wrong on Obama cabinet
The 8 percent figure is not true.
The Real Scandal: The Endless Effort to Smear Climate Scientists
The real climategate involves Bush White House staff replacing assessments of the National Academy of Sciences with a discredited paper by two individuals with no expertise in climatology.