When convicts are released from prison, one would think that they're now fit to rejoin society with all the associated rights and privileges. But what of the franchise?

Enter the Clintonistas. Now out of government for the most part, former members of Clinton's Cabinet and White House staff have flocked to the Democratic 8.

200 years ago, Immanuel Kant died at age 80. It's been a year since I last read Kant but still have nightmares about categorical imperatives...

Don't let that economic growth rate fool ya. Maybe we should change "It's the economy, stupid" to "It's the unemployment rate, stupid".

Speaking of the economy, all that news of growth may mean nothing in the long term if the federal deficit doesn't come back down from the stratosphere.

Coolness! Labor and enviros come together to form the Apollo Alliance to push for sustainable energy! Finally, labor is realizing that green policies don't have to mean job cuts.

In matters of higher education, the measure of a student isn't academics or "well-roundedness". It's still where mommy and daddy went and how much they gave to the alumni fund.

You wanna know Karl Rove's nightmare scenario? Wesley Clark making Dubya's aircraft carrier stunt look as stupid as Dukakis on a tank.