If The GOP Were In Charge Of Household Budgets…

Commence the non sequiturs!

Recent Birth Control Hearings, Redux

An informed all-women panel discusses men’s reproductive health.

The Obama Doctrine’s Drone Backfiring

The Article: The Obama Doctrine by David Rohde in Foreign Policy Magazine.

The Text: When Barack Obama took the oath of office three years ago, no one associated the phrase “targeted killing” with his optimistic young presidency. In his inaugural address, the 47-year-old former constitutional law professor uttered the word “terror” only once. Instead, he promised to use technology to “harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.”

Oddly, technology has enabled Obama to become something few expected: a president who has dramatically expanded the executive branch’s ability to wage high-tech clandestine war. With a determination that has surprised many, Obama has embraced the CIA, expanded its powers, and approved more targeted killings than any modern president. Over the last three years, the Obama administration has carried out at least 239 covert drone strikes, more than five times the 44 approved under George W. Bush. And after promising to make counterterrorism operations more transparent and rein in executive power, Obama has arguably done the opposite, maintaining secrecy and expanding presidential authority.

Just as importantly, the administration’s excessive use of drone attacks undercuts one of its most laudable policies: a promising new post-9/11 approach to the use of lethal American force, one of multilateralism, transparency, and narrow focus.

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Ron Paul’s Army

OK, so it’s understandable why soldiers suffering from war fatigue would find Paul appealing. But an army of libertarians? Nightmarish.

This Isn’t What I Asked For!

You may have thought you wanted an economist, but you really wanted a Christian conservative-led DC in your bedroom.