As you know, John McCain is not the favorite Republican Senator here. That being said, his moment last night was a rare piece of Congressional theater that lived up to and beyond the hype. Never a strong voice on health care, his quick buy emphatic thumbs down adds a complex piece to a complex and occasionally apocryphal legend. Past sins are not all forgiven in one fell swoop, but few people in history have been in a position to singularly, in an instant, do so much for so m

We can tell an entire history of the United States, parallel to the one you learned in high school, looking only at how money affects politi

Many disciplines have “Fundamental Theorems.” They take a complex topic and distill it to an essence, from which much of the rest can be derived. A fundamental theorem should be as short and simple as possible. It should be accessible, easy for non-experts to follow. But it should also have reach – to be called on frequently for insight. Many Fundamental Theorems are stated for branches of Mathematics. For example, in arithmetic, every integer greater than 1 can be uniquely e

Big news that you've already heard - with significantly more than two Senators opposing the latest version of Trumpcare, Majority Leader McConnell has given up on this version of the bill. I'm not happy on the reporting of what's going on here, so wanted to write something quick. I'm going to do as little future-predicting as I'm able to. Let's start with reconciliation. Reconciliation is that thing they use in the Senate to pass legislation with 50 votes instead of 60. With

I guess we can hope this bill won’t involve wading through fecal matter. But I do understand there will be more amendments in coming days, s

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby was a major case – it created new law. Since we now have this precedent, I thought it might be fun to apply it here.

When you grow up near Detroit, you are basically half Canadian. Canadian television was broadcast to my home - over the air, in the days before cable. It was quicker to get to Canada than to a different U.S. state - to get there, you go South. If you were 19 and wanted some beer, Labatt's was easy to find - and legal to buy - at the Beer Store. So yeah I'm a proud Canadaphile. In honor of its recent birthday, I thought we could all do well to learn about our neighbor to the N