Terminal Tuesday Live Blog

After a Year in Congress, Ellison Proves Critics Wrong

Editor’s note: As we count down the final days of 2007, we look back at some of the most interesting or important stories of the past year. Here’s the fourth in this ongoing series.

In…

Team Ciresi Sends Misleading Message to Supporters

Cue Insider Baseball music on this one.

After the bevy of Senate polls early this week, Mike Ciresi’s campaign sent out an email update to its list of supporters that contained…

Debunking ‘Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week’

Among the vastly exaggerated aspects of “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week,” or IFAW, which debuted nationally this week, is its scope: It is far less eventful than its choreographer, David Horowitz, led us to believe: More and more of…

Wedding Politics

If you’ve been married and didn’t elope, you know what I’m talking about.  If you’ve never been married and haven’t been intimately involved in a wedding, you have absolutely no idea how to begin your comprehension of what I’m about…

Do Jews Need to be ‘Perfected’? Ann Coulter Thinks So

Before Jews can enter heaven, they need to ditch the Old Testament, completely put their faith in to the New Testament and “be perfected,” Ann Coulter said in a recent interview with CNBC’s “The Big Idea.”

Immigrants’ Success a Good Case for Dream Act Revival

A report by the Census Bureau two weeks ago revealed that Minnesota’s major immigrant groups — Hmong and Africans — are climbing the educational and economic ladder faster than anyone thought likely.

A subset of the…

McCain’s Logic of Exclusion

Like most presidential hopefuls, Sen. John McCain is trying to rebound from a near- catastrophic campaign by constantly refining his support base. Hence, the Arizona Republican marginalizes potential supporters along the way.

In an interview last…

At Columbia, Ahmadinejad Won

Iran’s belligerent president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is a loser in most of his international appearances. But on Monday he garnered a rare victory at an unlikely venue: Columbia University in New York. He withstood a barrage of insults…

Is a Simple Majority Good Enough Any More?

News reports in recent weeks have contained plenty of quotes from Democratic senators noting that they need 60 votes to pass a given piece of legislation. 

Doesn’t the Constitution say 51 votes are needed?

Is a simple majority good enough…