The Fix writes, “It’s no secret that the American public views its elected officials with some combination of disgust, disappointment and distrust. Congress’s approval rating is in used-car-salesman territory, and with every legislative crisis it dips, somewhat amazingly, lower. But, as bad things are, there is a tendency to assume...
Politico writes, “The message from Karl Rove's allies to rich donors is pretty simple: We need your cash to avoid repeating the problems that tanked our $300 million 2012 effort, and we can promise you anonymity. The Conservative Victory Project, the new spin-off from Rove's Crossroads groups, will consist of...
- Rep Paul Broun, candidate for Georgia Senate race (See above.)
Reuters has produced a must-see video on how the Federal Reserve created a three-trillion dollar balance sheet in a few short years.
Everyone knows that reusable shopping bags are an unalloyed good – or are they? Bloomberg’s Ramesh Ponnuru unearths some surprising facts: “Researchers who examined reusable bags in 2011 found that 51% contained coliform bacteria. Although washing the bags rids them of 99.9% of the bacteria, a full 97% of people...
The Christian Science Monitor reported that Idaho State Sen. John Goedde (R), Senate Education Committee Chairman, introduced legislation that would require every Idaho high school student to read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” and pass a test on it to graduate. When asked why that particular book? “That book made my...