Category: National

All Hail Your New Oligarchy Overlords

Accelerated in large part by the truly execrable Citizens United decision, America is quickly sliding into an oligarchy.  Sadly, this is no longer hyperbole: we’ve always known many politicians were nothing more than puppets for the rich, they simply don’t…

Econ 101: On Deficit Spending

As long as we’re knee-deep in economic theory today, I thought I’d touch on something else that’s been bouncing around the Blue Hog Hollowed-Out Volcano Lair: the deficit. After all, you can’t turn on national news these days without hearing…

Republicans, Megalomania, and You

If nothing else, your modern Republican is modest.  Well, modest in the way that Liberace was a modest dresser.  Whether it’s a new-found ability to channel the Founding Fathers in a way that meets your own myopic viewpoint or the…

Max's House of Incorrect Con Law

Max has followed SB113 pretty closely, especially the fallout from Rep. Jeff Wardlaw’s (D-8) amendment to the bill, which resulted in the bill being tabled as possibly unconstitutional. Reading Max’s coverage, however, this jumped out at me: Abortion opponents contend…