Thanks to the superdelegates, Barack Obama could win the popular electoral vote fair and square, and still lose at the convention.

Yesterday would have been Reagan's 97th birthday; and so we ask, does anyone wear Reagan's mantle today?

Air bag rules saved fewer than one tenth the lives they claimed they would save and killed people to boot.

It almost doesn't matter what the topic is, the argument may already be lost. We've already established there is little national virtue left. We're now just talking about the price.

The only thing that gets a Congresscritter's attention is losing an election.

Public education has gotten rid of the consequences of failure for both teachers and students, so of course very little education takes place.

Crackpots are thick on the ground and we can't fund them all. How do we decide which upcoming genius/crackpot to fund? Einstein didn't have any peers; he would never have passed "peer review."

If he can't be the president, being one heartbeat away might be nearly as good. How does Obama-Kennedy for President sound?

It's possible that nobody will ever be able to build anything of significance again.

Rich people are voting with their feet: they're grabbing their wallets and running away.