Today’s earthquake is another stark reminder that government regulations do save lives: From seawalls that line stretches of Japan’s coastline, to skyscrapers that sway to absorb earthquakes, to building codes that are among the world’s most rigorous, no country may be better prepared to withstand earthquakes than Japan. Had any other populous country suffered the […]
John McCain has received a damming indictment from a predominant Evangelical leader: Richard Cizik is one of the country’s most powerful and outspoken Christian evangelical leaders. He happens to be a Republican, and he has known the GOP’s presidential nominee for many years. “I thought John McCain was a principled person,” Cizik says. “But John […]
Matt Damon told Chris Matthews yesterday that he would like to see Dick Cheney under oath, testifying about the intelligence leading up to Iraq: This is the first time I have seen Damon become political. Ben Affleck has been very outspoken against the administration, and there has even been rumors of him entering politics. It […]