There has been a renewed focus on filibuster reform in the Senate—a welcomed development if it actually leads to more change than the compromise reached in January that preserved the onerous 60-vote supermajority. Since President Barack Obama took office, Senate Republicans have intentionally achieved an unprecedented level of legislative dysfunction, mostly because of their shameless […]

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High-tech innovation isn’t the only thing Apple excels at. Tax avoidance is another specialty. That came to the fore during Senate hearings last week. Apple’s finance wizards succeeded in sheltering over $100 billion overseas, not subject to any tax authority. “Ocean money,” they call it. But Apple’s ocean money is just the beginning. There’s plenty […]

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Virginia is a true political microcosm of the country. It displays stark divisions between north and south, and the demographic shifts, primarily in the northern part of the commonwealth, are reshaping the political landscape in ways favorable to Democrats. The Senate is closely divided, while Republicans have a strong majority in the House, and the […]

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The New York Times reports that Secretary of State John Kerry is not pessimistic about the Israeli-Palestinian “peace process.” In Jerusalem to begin a little shuttle diplomacy between the Israeli capital and Ramallah, he said he hopes that by “being methodical, careful, patient, but detailed and tenacious, that we can lay out a path ahead […]

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The president spoke at Morehouse College’s commencement on Sunday. He did what he’s been doing to black people since 2008 — pathologize black behavior. He said, in part: Sometimes I wrote off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down. I had a tendency to make […]

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