The House Speaker wants you to know that he eats at a diner, just like the regular guy he is.
Blog: Vox Pop
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Year in Preview: Obama’s Last Stand
What the president should push for during his final 37 months in office—it’s not what the conventional wisdom would have you believe.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Four Takeaways from Yesterday’s NSA Ruling
The U.S. District Court decided that the NSA’s collection of phone metadata is likely unconstitutional. What does that mean?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Google to Begin Building Robot Army
What an Internet company wants with a bunch of robots
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Daily Meme: The President Is Hitler, a History
Over the weekend, North Carolina state Senator Bob Rucho tweeted: “Justice Robert’s pen & Obamacare has done more damage to the USA then the swords of theNazis,Soviets & terrorists combined.” Rick Santorum: “We think, well, you know, it’ll get better. Yeah, he’s a nice guy. I mean, it won’t be near as bad as what […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Is It Already Too Late to Stop the NSA?
Barack Obama took all the powers George W. Bush bequeathed him. And just wait until there’s another Republican administration.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Year in Preview: Paul Ryan’s Misguided Poverty Plan
The representative from Wisconsin is heading into 2014 by positioning himself as an advocate for the needy. Will the label stick?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Year in Preview: The EPA Levels Up
While everyone has had their eyes on Keystone XL, the Environmental Protection Agency has been quietly dismantling our dirtiest carbon emitters.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Daily Meme: Name Dropping Jack Kemp
During his career in Congress, Paul Ryan has tried hard to plant the idea that he is the second coming of Jack Kemp, whom he worked for briefly in the 1990s. At the Kemp Foundation’s first event in 2010, the Wisconsin representative said, “Jack is the reason I ran for Congress. I was motivated by […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Busy Bees of Capitol Hill
Whether they pass a lot of laws or not, members of Congress are actually extremely hardworking people.
