The subsidy portion of health reform would cost around a trillion dollars over the next decade. In all the plans currently on the table, this expense would be offset with a combination of cost savings elsewhere and additional taxes, so that there ...

We are expected to hold our breath. Excitement is building. Or not, as the case may be. Will Bob Woodward's latest book bring down or bolster the administration? What are the bets?

Andrew Sullivan quotes a passage about nailing the real torturers. The problem with the pictures of torture, this writer says, is that they tend to stir up rage against the low-level guys doing the torture rather than their more guilty bosses.

The summit has everyone worrying about what Obama is really planning. Or is he about to have the rug pulled out from under him?  Or is the football going to be snatched away yet again?Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's...

Brace yourself.  The Dow, the S&P, could tumble again particularly when you look at the fragility of the situation behind a rumor fueling its 200-point sprint today.  It's all about a prospective bailout for the Greece, Spain, etc., forestalling...

... Liberals always believe that conservative bad faith will become obvious to the public of its own accord. Despite or even because of his centrism, Obama is here the paradigmatic American liberal. Bringing down the conservatives cannot happen...

There's been a sudden outburst of vicious anger along the ranch road where this blog originates.  Although the area in general has a justified reputation for old-fashioned politeness, one or two neighbors of the far right strain have violated it. ...

Now Blue Dog Democrat Ben Nelson has said he'll vote with the Republicans on the Craig Becker nomination to the National Labor Relations Board.  Why?  Because the Chamber of Commerce doesn't like Becker and because Senator Nelson's home state is an...