I now know someone who is being swindled by Newt Gingrich's American Business Defense and Advisory Council malarky.  He even bragged about how he'd be getting a replica of Newt's gavel.  I honestly wanted to tell him what a scam it was, and how they'll...

Via Atrios, we get more clueless political commentary, this time from CQ Politics: A lack of competitive open-seat House races in 2010 could complicate Republican efforts to fully maximize a favorable national environment and make large seat gains...

Something is most definitely wrong with our education system. AISD Superintendent Carstarphen: If we simply reduced the number of absences by half across the district, excused and unexcused, I could generate $20 million.This isn't how things should...

There are too many gunmen.

My sister learned everything she needed to know about healthcare reform by reading an op/ed by the CEO of Whole Foods.  I swear to god, that was it.  She favors the removal of all government regulations from health insurance and health care because...