Some may be tempted, especially if they don’t think Harry Reid doesn’t have the votes, to give in on the nuclear option and let Owen, Brown, Pryor, et al win confirmation votes. After all, a bad judge here and there can’t make too big a difference, right? Especially on appeals courts, where there are multiple […]
W. David Hager was a ridiculous choice to serve on an FDA panel on an advisory panel on the safety and effectiveness of drugs for use in obstetrics. After all, before Bush tapped him for the job, Hager was best known for writing a book advocating Bible reading as an appropriate treatment for PMS, denying […]
Barring a last-minute compromise, here’s what’s going to happen tomorrow on the nuclear option fight: Bill Frist will try to end debate on Priscilla Owen’s judicial nomination. If there are fewer than 60 votes to do so (and there will be), Frist will call a point of order arguing that the filibuster is unconstitutional. The […]
If you missed last night’s report on abstinence education on 60 Minutes, you missed a stunning segment on the painfully absurd abstinence-only policy that is now commonplace across the country. The fiasco is a microcosm of everything that’s wrong with the Bush administration’s approach to public policy. The report focused on Silver Ring Thing, an […]
I can appreciate the fact that education policy can be complicated, but when Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, who has a reputation for policy expertise, talks to the New York Times about a national controversy, she should know what she’s talking about. Spellings sat down with the Times for a Q and A published in yesterday’s […]