Politics Archive
Archives for December 2015


Has he betrayed too many people to be a true establishment favorite?


Ted Cruz discovers momentum means everyone wants to take you down; you wanted to see Martin Shkreli arrested, and the FBI knew it; and, oh yeah, a $1.1T government funding bill.


China is Apple’s second-largest market, behind the United States.


Congress is making a whole host of tax cuts permanent. Here’s what they are.


The arrest is the third time in four months that Shkreli, whom the BBC has called “the most hated man in America,” has made headlines.


Republicans and Democrats have both agreed to this deal.


It’s a huge win for solar and wind power in the short run. The long-term is where things get tricky.


Carter admitted he “should have known better.”


No, that’s not a typo. The drug went from $13.50 to $750 overnight.


A risky strategy that could boost Donald Trump.


Why we shouldn’t make too much of recent national drug use surveys.


“He is a very outstanding person, talented, without any doubt.”


To understand Donald Trump’s appeal, you have to first understand Ernest Becker’s Pulitzer Prize–winning book The Denial of Death and the psychologists who want to prove his work.


The pharmaceutical executive will be charged with securities fraud.


Here’s why $60 million in ad spending has been a huge waste so far for presidential candidates.