Tag Archives: congress

Eric Cantor – Citizen Review

Though leave it to a politi­cian to leave sci­en­tific deci­sions to aver­age cit­i­zens with no train­ing in science.

December 11, 2010 – 5:14 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts, Security | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Reason Magazine – Faking the Pledge

When even Rea­son Mag­a­zine is call­ing you out some­thing is wrong.

December 11, 2010 – 4:29 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

CNET News – Congressman wants WikiLeaks listed as terrorist org

In short every­body has a reac­tion, over­all mine is Wik­ileaks is a valu­able ser­vice, in no way is it a ter­ror­ist organization.

December 1, 2010 – 1:28 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Copyright, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

NBC News – Just 32% of Tea Party candidates win

Just a reminder don’t get to car­ried away with delu­sions of grandeur.

November 15, 2010 – 12:48 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Newsweek – Estimates Say Fewer Jobs, Larger Deficits if Republicans Were in Charge

Newsweek reports on the idea that if only Repub­li­cans were in charge would things be better.

August 29, 2010 – 3:00 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Defining Prosperity Down

Krug­man once again with argu­ing force­fully and elo­quently for some ratio­nal deci­sion mak­ing on the part of eco­nomic policy.

August 2, 2010 – 12:07 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

The New Yorker – Filibusters and arcane obstructions in the Senate

The New Yorker with a long and detailed essay on how the Sen­ate became a bro­ken organization.

August 1, 2010 – 11:59 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off