Friday rsquo s post prompted quick but thoughtful responses from the Cato Institute rsquo s Ilya Somin and Reason magazine rsquo s J D Tuccille First Somin elaborates at The Volokh Conspiracy on his alternative to the pursuit of social justice at the ballot box ldquo voting with your feet rdquo

The latest blog from Robert David Sullivan at "(Un)Conventional Wisdom"

Earlier this week I wrote about the possibility of more women running for office in the United States In something of a one-step-back development a new voter ID law in Texas could make it more difficult for some women to vote The problem is that the law requires a voter to produce a photo ID with

Well, not really. But the poor performance of HealthCare.gov is frustrating some of its strongest supporters.

The current issue of America magazine explores ldquo Women in the Life of the Church rdquo PDF here and the role of women in American politics is also getting new attention As already noted ldquo Mansplaining is exempt from government shutdown rdquo this month rsquo s political brinkmanshi

The New York Times has a fun map showing the geography of the Wednesday rsquo s U S House vote to end the government shutdown and avoid a default on the national debt The vote was 285 to 144 in favor of the Senate plan Political scientist Jeff Weintraub via Andrew Sullivan is troubled by the hol

Democrat Cory Booker beat Republican Steve Lonegan by about 10 points yesterday to win a U S Senate seat mdash or as Slate rsquo s Dave Weigel put it ldquo America rsquo s most-hyped mayor rdquo defeated ldquo one of the most entertaining jerks in American politics rdquo With 99 percent of pr

One of the more fanciful notions to come out of Washington’s Longest Month is that the Tea Party might split off from the GOP.

Polling data underscore how conservative Americans have become in recent years.

Tuesday brings a special election for a U S Senate seat in New Jersey in which Newark Mayor Cory Booker is expected to beat Republican opponent Steve Lonegan the former state director of the conservative lobbying group Americans for Prosperity One poll last week had Booker up by 12 points anoth