An effective executive responds to the world as it is, rather than as he wishes it would be. President Obama lacks this trait.
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Tag Archives: Politics
Free Speech, Especially For Harry
The Constitution gives Harry Reid the right to say anything he wants about the Koch brothers. And so he does.
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Changing The Subject On Big Data
Government operates by coercion; business by persuasion. A White House report on ‘big data’ obscures the distinction.
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GOP Silences Its Culture War Guns
The culture wars are largely over, and Republicans are gradually laying down their arms.
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A Loyal Soldier In An Unworthy Cause
Like her or not, you probably would not have wished to trade places with Kathleen Sebelius.
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Literate and Illiterate Republicans
Some Republican officials can see the gay marriage writing on the wall; others can’t.
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Florida Gothic: Motorists’ Hamlet Of Horrors
A tiny Southern town turned its highway into a private ATM, but the problem of traffic cop tax collection extends much farther.
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The Day It Snowed In Miami
A new documentary looks at Miami’s role in the struggle for gay rights and the political rise of religious conservatism.
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Parochial Schooling On Capitol Hill
Eric Cantor was a congressman who tried to act like a senator. That didn’t sit well with his constituents.
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