There has been no small amount of justified hand-wringing about George Will's latest column. I don't want to spoil it (completely), so go read it. Good. You're back. Let's talk about those last lines: Instead, the nation, which is … [Read more...]

Last night, Scott Brown unleashed an eyebrow-raiser: he votes as often with Democrats as with Republicans. (Because, you know, he's an Independent or an independent or something.) Later Brown was more precise: he votes with Republicans only … [Read more...]

Elizabeth Warren accuses Scott Brown of talking independence in Massachusetts, Republican control to out-of-state donors. I would like to say two things. When Senator Brown talks here in Massachusetts about how very bipartisan he is and … [Read more...]

Much will be made -- appropriately -- of Scott Brown's craven attempts last night to put sunlight between himself and the Republican Party. Who can wait for the fact check on the 50/50 claim? The line of the night was probably Elizabeth … [Read more...]

Dear Mr. Gregory, Count me among the few who thought you did a serviceable job last night (possibly because I missed the first and last parts). But, your questions about Simpson-Bowles and the all-but-explicit assumption that the … [Read more...]

There are three groups of Massachusetts voters: Those that are going to vote for Obama and Warren Those that are going to vote for Romney and Brown Those that are going to vote for Obama and Brown (Theoretically, there are voters … [Read more...]

Update: Others are interpreting Romney as saying, no, $100,000 is not the upper end of middle income, $200,000 or $250,000 is the upper end. When your middle income group includes the bottom of the top 10%, the word middle ceases to have … [Read more...]

Want to understand the Pennsylvania senate candidate's comparison of rape to out-of-wedlock birth? Neither the rapist nor the boyfriend has the consent of the woman's father. … [Read more...]

Update: Turns out there is downside for Brown. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council warning Brown to "be careful," thus unintentionally burnishing Brown's independent, women-friendly cred. Brown catches a nice break. --- Scott … [Read more...]

He doesn't actually use the word in his Globe op-ed piece, but Steve Grossman wants to continue to subsidize car travel, by taxing internet sales to fund transportation infrastructure. This is infuriating. Automobile use, however necessary … [Read more...]