I posted a form of this question in the comments section, but I believe it’s intriguing enough to merit its own post.
It’s mid January, 2008. Hillary Clinton is apprehended by aliens while campaigning in Storm Lake, Iowa. The Supreme Court rules that in cases of spousal abduction by extraterrestrial beings, former presidents who have already [...]

Apparently part of the price an elected official pays for betraying the public trust is that news photographers will click away until they capture these fallen fellows (they’re almost men) at their goofiest. And thus, Eliot Spitzer looking every bit like the unholy offspring of Gabby Johnson and a sock puppet.
 
One thing that caught my [...]

There are certain issues that keep me in the middle as opposed to being a stalwart for either of the two major parties. For example, I can’t get behind the Republicans on such things as sanctity of marriage acts or mandatory moments of silence in school. The Democrats lose me when they flirt with socialism [...]

About five posts down, I found myself in the unlikely position of defending conceal carry laws. I’m not a strong proponent of such laws; I just won’t dismiss their supposed merits based on my personal dislike of guns. Anyway, there was a spirited debate on the topic, and I don’t mean to pander by rehashing [...]

Steve Chapman of the Chicago Tribune, as sensible a columnist as you’ll find, wrote an interesting piece last week on why, nearly six and half years after 9/11, we’ve been spared the follow-up act that we were told to expect.
In the wake of 9/11, many experts said that a nuclear attack carried out by terrorists [...]