Joseph Lawler

After a day’s reflection, Mitch McConnell’s back-up plan for raising the debt ceiling in case negotiations fail appears worse than it…

Dan Foster at National Review presents the strongest case for the Mitch McConnell back-up plan, which boils down to a recognition…

Michael F. Cannon picks up on a telling quote in a recent Ezra Klein article:  A non-statist would never write…

The House Budget Committee, under Rep. Paul Ryan, has been adept at releasing clips that get to the heart of…

The Treasury is, according to Tim Geithner, supposed to run out of emergency measures and hit the “real” debt ceiling…

Today Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a back-up plan to avoid defaulting on the debt if the debt ceiling…

President Obama will award the medal of honor to Army Ranger Leroy Arthur Petry, who will become the second living…

Megan McArdle catches the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities blaming President Bush for laws Obama signed.  As McArdle…

In response to a recent fatuous New York Times Magazine article extolling the benefits of “nonmonogamous” marriages, marriage scholar W. Bradford…

Warren Buffett’s idea for retiring the debt:  I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law…