Paul Ryan is such a scary man that he terrifies even members of his own party:
House Republicans may have voted to pass Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan. But Republican leadership is still wary of Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan, which includes an overhaul of Medicare and Medicaid.
Is the state of federalism in our republic in a state of flux, or are officials just confused by the concept?
Several states have started reassessing their medical marijuana laws after stern warnings from the federal government that everyone from licensed growers to regulators could be subjected to prosecution.
Barack Obama has had many defining moments as U.S. president. The death of Osama bin Laden may become the most significant for him politically.
Obama, a Democrat, announced late on Sunday that U.S. forces had killed the al Qaeda leader and recovered his body. The death handed Obama a major national security victory just as he begins campaigning for re-election in 2012.
A hint from Massachusetts of things to come:
From Mayor Bloomberg of New York, here's the oddest suggestion from a major political figure we're likely to hear this week:
This is a country that was built by immigrants, this is a country that became a superpower by--because of its immigrant population. And unless we continue to have immigrants, we cannot maintain as a superpower.
Balance and harmony in the universe.
May 1, 1945: Announcement that Adolf Hitler is dead.
May 1, 2011: Announcement that Osama bin Laden is dead.
One hideous monster every 66 years. Missed a few.
Jimmy Carter, an even worse ex-president than president, has gone from being a disgrace to being a joke:
Cam and I talked about this a bit last night
I am, like, totally unprepared, so according to this story -- "Hoosiers getting set for royal wedding" -- I guess I'm out of step:
Don't think too much of it Friday if you see women wandering the Indianapolis metropolitan area with flowers, feathers or other accoutrements in their hair.
There actually is something called the Journal of Animal Ethics, and the loons who publish it have penned an editorial declaring that our dogs, cats and hamsters should be rebranded as "companion animals" and owners should be known as "human carers." They say "pets" is a derogatory term and "owner," while technically correct, harks back to a time when animals were considered just property. Furthermore:
An intriguing and provocative theory about why American soldiers suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder at a higher rate than other soldiers:
American writer Ethan Watters's recent book, Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the Western Psyche, offers a highly subversive answer. It is that American society has been permeated by psychoanalytical beliefs about the fragility of the human mind.
