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The Bell Curve and In Our Hands author and AEI scholar writes at length in National Review about the departure of David Frum from AEI. The argument: Frum

Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), the chairman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, just released this statement blasting recent Republican accusations

Alive In Afghanistan’s @BaghdadBrian passes along this video of a guy in Kabul showing how you can erase the ’indelible ink’ from your thumb, obtain a

File this in the things-you-knew-were-true-but-wanted-confirmed file: House Republicans want former Vice President Dick Cheney to stop snarling his way into the

If the banks have to be regulated, they’re going to charge you more fees. And, if history is any guide, they’ll charge you those fees even if they aren’t.

<p>Here’s an interesting detail from The New Republic that helps explain why the Times went with the McCain story when it did. As

Today I wrote about the possible Stevens effect -- voters tell pollsters they’d never vote for a convicted felon and then turn around and do so in the voting

This weekend, we’ve seen busloads of protesters pulling up to the posh homes of AIG executives in Fairfield, Conn. -- even as the realization creeps in that

Only 22 percent of state legislative candidates had a monetarily competitive race in the 2007-2008 cycle, according to a study released today by the National

Via Newswire, a study released today shows that immigration laws are not targeting the most dangerous illegal immigrants. The study, conducted by the law

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), questioning Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about her role in the case of Ricci v. deStefano, this morning repeated the

Today is the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill which left 11 million gallons of black petroleum deposited on a pristine Alaska coastline. The Daily

Today, April 30, is the last day for the Obama administration’s tax-credit programs for homebuyers. Purchasers need to have signed a binding agreement by the

All credit is due to The Wall Street Journal’s Siobhan Gorman, who provides the most thorough account so far of what the significant actions were that CIA

The Federal Reserve on Thursday proposed a new program of monitoring executive compensation at the nation’s largest financial institutions, a move designed to

A new Rasmussen poll has Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) trailing Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.)--rumored to be interested in a challenge, in the wake of the Massachusetts

The American Civil Liberties Union will file a brief tomorrow urging the federal court to suppress evidence gathered using torture, which the government wants

President Obama and new Attorney General Eric Holder Monday will face the first public test of their stated commitments to opening government and ending

The Personhood Mississippi logo (Pic via Facebook) Both candidates for Mississippi attorney general have declared that they plan to vote “yes” for Amendment 26, which would outlaw abortion and some forms of birth control in the state. Democratic incumbent Jim Hood and his Republican challenger, Steve Simpson, have chosen to keep private their views on some initiatives — like voter identification and eminent domain

The defeated Conservative candidate in NY-23 is, as expected (and as he would quietly inform people at CPAC), going for a rematch with Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.).

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives keeps gun trafficking data secret. Republicans are catching on to the power of the tweet. The White