WATCH: 5 Of The Harshest Negative Campaign Ads From 2010 Elections
In true incrementalist fashion, Democrats have now made things slightly less unfair, but fell far short of actual fairness. It's as if, right after the Civil War, Congress announced that black people would now count as four-fifths of a person.
Horrific drug violence is not related to drug users; it's related to drug dealers. It's the prohibition itself that is causing this crime wave, just like it did during alcohol prohibition, when Al Capone reigned supreme here.
If there is any takeaway from the WikiLeaks embarrassment, it is that we need more boots and gumshoes on the ground and fewer blue suits on computers in air-conditioned offices in the States.
The angry left is angry with Barack Obama. It's lying on the floor kicking and screaming and holding its breath. Goodness is not being accomplished. Injustice continues sort of unabated.
The Obama administration needs to modify its "belief about the moral benefit and policy utility of nation-building." You do not have to engage in the grandiose project of nation-building in order to achieve our limited goals.
Social Security is about to celebrate its 75th year, and still too many people don't know much about it. It has lasted through wars and recession, yet the reasons for its abiding strength are not universally understood.
The "Ground Zero Mosque" that we have been and will be hearing so much about is not exactly a mosque, nor is it at Ground Zero. Here's why.
Those who demonize the institution of government as inherently opposed to the people forget the truths laid down by our Founders. Government is not against the people: it is the people.
From an organization that claims to be all about cutting-edge ideas, TED's decision to create a separate women's conference to address sexism displays simplistic, outdated, and unenlightened thinking.
Arizona shocked the education world on Tuesday. Arizona was a surprise finalist in the second round of the Race to the Top competition, after having finished 40th out of 41 in the first round.
How can some nonprofit health insurers justify hiking premiums year after year when they are sitting on a mountain of surplus funds?
Americans have become more skeptical of their government. Add to that skepticism Congressional inaction and its inability or unwillingness to fix the fatally flawed SGR which threatens patient access to care.
Historically, in times of economic recession, anti-immigrant legislation has incited racial fear, backlash, and legal discrimination against immigrants. This is the wrong path to take.
We at The Washington Note move retired USAF General Michael Hayden out of the "Curtis LeMay Today List" that we are beginning to compile -- and back on to the roster of reasonably sensible strategists.
It's out: an enormous trove of documents about the war in Afghanistan appeared on Wikileaks. The leak represents no less than a historic act of civil disobedience.
Does Meg Whitman support Arizona's new immigration law or not? Today we found out your guess is as good as hers.
A new report says labor is at the "tipping point" of losing women and young workers unless unions make changes to become more inclusive and responsive to their needs.
Diluted responsibilities and the lack of definitive chains of command in the U.S. Intelligence community are critically dangerous issues in the public eye.
For all the the subsidy programs' generosity toward those least in need, it has been impossible to bring closure to black farmers victimized by past USDA discrimination.
Jeff Danziger, 2010.07.29
