A reminder that he needs to embrace coalition politics, too: Now, that\u2019s not a deal breaker. You feel the same way about us. There is nothing that says we conservatives can\u2019t grow to like and\/or trust you. Maybe we just got off on the wrong foot. So, in that spirit, let\u2019s share our feelings. … […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

“Iran Talks on Rocks As Two Sides Needle Each Other:” Still, the lack of any direct contact between American and Iranian negotiations on the second day of what is supposed to be a three-day conference was striking. American officials say the talks can be extended through the weekend if a deal was close at hand, […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

That’s what Will Baude argues at Volokh: What has the Senate actually done so far, with respect to the filibuster? Some of the reports of what happened today say that the Senate has adopted\u00a0\u201cnew rules\u201d\u00a0eliminating the filibuster for some purposes. I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s true, in a formal sense. As I understand what happened, the […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

By looking at the pre-antibiotics past. \u00a0With the lifetime of new drugs being shorter and shorter (how much of that is a result of longer and longer test cycles?), drug companies aren’t producing very many of them anymore: I’ve been taking a Coursera course on Nanotech 101. \u00a0Faster, please.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

The always must-read Walter Russell Mead discusses Thomas Edsall’s New York Times\u00a0op-ed, where Edsall blames mean-spirited white racism for Obamacare’s failures: Middle America isn\u2019t frothing over Obamacare because we are a nation of racist policy wonks who did the math and hate the blacks. The public is angry first (as Edsall mostly seems to understand) […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

I know for a fact that the governor’s office is legitimately worried about the parlous state of PERA’s finances. \u00a0Here’s some evidence: Gov. John Hickenlooper has filed a brief in support of Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton\u2019s lawsuit seeking information about employee benefits in the state\u2019s pension system. The Democratic governor\u2019s brief asks the Colorado Supreme […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

John Kerry, you’re no John Quincy Adams. Secretary of State John Kerry declared that “the era of the Monroe Doctrine is over” as he expressed chagrin over U.S. willingness to claim the power to repel European intervention in the Western Hemisphere for 190 years. Kerry’s declaration to the Organization of American States during a speech […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n