The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we'll probably spend years learning about.
From Timothy Noah
Gun Owners of America is a lobby group dedicated to the proposition that the National Rifle Association is a bunch of accommodationist sissies.
Why does Medicare have such difficulty accommodating a cut - no, wait, a trim to its annual spending increase - of two measly percentage points? Two words: baby boom.
Washington is a place where politics and economics often aren't on speaking terms.
Success is a wonderful thing, but it tends not to be the sort of experience that we learn from. We enjoy it; perhaps we even deserve it. But we don't acquire wisdom from it.
When Democrats lose, they're pathetic. When Republicans lose, they're bitter and mean.
Democrats view elections as a means to an end, while Republicans view an election as an end in itself.
In removing the friction involved in paying bills, electronic billing has substantially increased the friction involved in not paying them.
In shuttering Yucca Mountain, Obama makes it extremely likely that nuclear power in the United States will continue its long, slow, and extremely welcome death.
Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts.
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