Oops

MSNBC retracts hit piece on Rand Paul.

E.J. Dionne Is a Nitwit

Brian Doherty finds the latest evidence.

What's Spanish for "Black List"?

Maria Conchita Alonso gets booted from play because of her political beliefs.

Industry, Not Enviromentalists, Killed the Light Bulb

With the help of Republicans.

Economists Talk About Breaching the Debt Ceiling

Will it really mean the end of the world.

Republicans Need an Exit Strategy

Megan McArdle lays out the predicament they have gotten themselves into.

Did the IRS and the Media Help Obama Win in 2012?

The Christian Science Monitor looks at how the election might have been stolen.

Mean Old Man

IF John McCain had been elected president, we'd be at war with half the world by now.

What's the Plan?

David Harsanyi says the Republicans are blowing it.

Peter King: Terrorism Supporter

Mike Riggs points to one congressman's embrace of well known terrorists.

Big Federal Spending

Both major parties love it.

Class Warfare for Republicans

Joel Kotkin says they should try it.

Obama Proposes Privatizing TVA

Republicans, naturally, oppose the idea.

Tennessee's Plans to Fight

Andrew Exum gives the Georgia state Senate's plan to redraw the border with the Volunteer State all the respect it deserves.

SNL Looks at the Hagel Hearings

A few laughs but pretty accurate.

Republicans vs. Property Rights

Ron Bailey has the story.

A Congressional Hearing to Remember

With all of the hoopla this weekend surrounding the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, I hope some TV show or newspaper article will also remember Sen. William Aldern Smith, who chaired the American investigation into the accident.

An attorney and career politician (Michigan House of Representatives, the U.S. House and U.S. Senate), Alden was dubed "Watertight Smith" by a mocking British... press after asking why the passengers didn't simply lock themselves in their watertight compartments.

A witness at the hearing had to patiently explain to Smith that 1) the watertight compartments were meant to help keep the ship afloat, not to protect passengers; and 2) they would have done the passengers no good after the ship sank

Gingrich: Romney Starved Holocaust Survivors

Rod Deher says nothing is beneath Newton.

Whatever You Think of Mitt Romney

I don;t think he has killed 20 million people.

Combativeness Doesn't Mean Seriousness

Not when it comes to entitlement reform.