(Un)Conventional Wisdom

Don’t hold your breath waiting for Freddie’s Law.

It’s offensive to say Bostonians oppose the death penalty because it is not cruel enough.

Majority say that protecting gun rights is more important than controlling gun ownership.

Newt Gingrich calls for a doubling of the budget for the National Institutes of Health.

Jurors must not use the defendant’s ethnicity or religious beliefs against him.

Soak the rich, the sinful, the spendthrifts or the tourists

Keeping welfare recipients away from nail salons does nothing to foster independence.

Taxpayers should shift anger from person using food stamps at Walmart to Walmart itself

Eight years of a Democratic White House is a disadvantage, but not necessarily a fatal one