There are two things that every reasonable American knows.  The first is that Republicans are using the Benghazi investigation as part of a politically motivated effort to derail Hillary’s presidential campaign.  The second is that Hillary at least strongly suspected — and likely knew — that O’s original narrative regarding the motivation behind the 2012 […]

A great article from the BBC, “The Surprising Downsides of Being Clever”: Constant worrying may, in fact, be a sign of intelligence – but not in the way these armchair philosophers had imagined. Interviewing students on campus about various topics of discussion, Alexander Penney at MacEwan University in Canada found that those with the higher […]

http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2015/10/he-didnt-build-a-clock/411829/ Turns out he didn’t even actually “build” the suspicious looking clock.  Add that to the fact that — let’s be honest — it really did look like the bombs that we’ve all seen in movies. I’m really not sure how to feel about this kid at this point, but I guess if he’s being […]

I can’t believe I’m really doing this.  Maybe instead of calling it a defense Paul Ryan, I can call it a defense of reasoned debate.  Awe, who am I kidding?  Today, I’m defending Paul Ryan. From Time: Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan said Tuesday night that one of the main conditions under which he’d be willing […]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/george-bush-reportedly-ted-cruz-dont-guy/story?id=34604244 W. doesn’t like Ted Cruz.  And that’s not an inference.  The quote that’s been circulating is “I don’t like the guy.”  Yup, that’s W. alright — simple, to the point, the kind of guy you could have a beer with only to later hear that he told a room full of campaign donors he […]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-presidential-candidate-larry-lessig-lobbies-nbc-for-equal-air-time/ Ok, so he doesn’t actually want to be on SNL.  But virtually-unknown presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig has filed a petition for equal air time with NBC.  Under FCC guidelines if a network gives airtime to one political candidate, it must give equal time to opponents.  Lessig says that Hillary’s recent Saturday Night Live appearance […]

This seems like a slow news week so far. Trump is up in the polls.  What else is new?  It seems like every tenth of a point that Trump gains or loses is cause for calling the election in his favor or counting him out for good in some circles.  Watching the polls so closely […]

Apparently the answer is: it depends on whether Donald Trump is going to be there. CNBC has officially folded to Trump’s demands.  The next Republican debate will be capped at two hours, and each candidate will be permitted to make an opening and closing statement.  These concessions were made at Trump’s insistence, after he threatened […]

The 2016 Presidential race is already one of the most interesting in memory.  That’s thanks to Donald Trump, Hillary’s emails, and the emergence of the first self-described socialist candidate since before WW2.  But it could get even more interesting if a prominent third party candidate emerges. Enter Lawrence Lessig.  From his piece in The Atlantic: […]