John Sexton

Two of the world’s leaders in green energy production also have the world’s highest residential energy costs. Danish academic and writer Bjorn Lomborg posted a graph on his Facebook page highlighting the high cost of electricity in countries with a

The uncle of one of the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary has proposed new legislation designed to reduce future mass shootings without resorting to gun bans. Lawyer Alexis Haller is the uncle of Noah Pozner, who was killed by

During an interview on the Today show this morning, presidential adviser David Axelrod told host Savannah Guthrie, “This is not a partisan day.” But the President’s 2nd inaugural speech contradicted that message at times, veering into criticism of GOP congressional

Wednesday the President rolled out his four-point plan for protecting children from gun violence. Timed with the release, the House Democratic Steering Committee held a hearing in which select advocates made their case for gun control. The hearing exemplified much

A decision issued today by the 7th circuit Court of Appeals says collective bargaining reforms passed by Governor Scott Walker will stand. Act 10 was the controversial reform law passed in Wisconsin in 2011 after weeks of protests and stalling

Today the White House launched its four point plan to “protect our children and our communities by reducing gun violence.” The brochure capitalizes on the Sandy Hook tragedy to push a scatter-shot package of progressive measures which the White House

At his press conference Monday morning, President Obama got a tough question from Major Garrett about the politics of debt-ceiling negotiations. In his response, the President blamed GOP absolutism for the crisis; then, as if missing his own point, offered

In his press conference this morning the President seemed to indicated that the phantom war savings he has been pushing as a serious budget don’t really count. Here’s what he said near the beginning of his statement: Over the past

Health Information Technology was one of the cost saving initiatives in Obama’s health plan. The White House promised it would save us billions over time, but a new study finds it may actually be costing us more. In 2005, the

In what seems like a surprise move, the White House working group on gun control is considering expanding federal funding for cops in schools. It was the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre who, a week after the shooting in Newtown, recommended placing

President Obama and progressives haven’t been shy about using the Sandy Hook shooting to promote more gun control, but back in Newtown, parents and the superintendent are demanding more security in the form of armed police on school campus. School

Update 12:51 PST: Based on a news conference provide by Kern County and Taft police, here is the sequence of events this morning: The shooter is a 16 y.o. male who did not attend the start of class this morning.

A newly released report by the US Geological Survey found no groundwater contamination as a result of fracking in an area of Arkansas. This comes just a week after a leaked report showed that NY had determined the process was

According to government projections, Social Security will be broke in 2033, but outside estimates suggest the date when the program can no longer pay its obligations is at least two years closer. A pair of professors from Harvard and Dartmouth

Writing at Mother Jones, Kevin Drum argues that environmental lead is largely responsible for the increase, and subsequent drop, in crime the United States experienced since the 1960s. Crime reached a mid-century low in the United States around 1958. From

In the fiscal cliff negotiations, Obama held the line against entitlement reform, but the resulting deal could lead to downgrades by all three top debt ratings agencies later this year. When Standard and Poor’s cut the United States debt rating

A leaked New York state analysis says fracking is safe technology which will not cause dangerous water contamination. Governor Andrew Cuomo has been studying the issue of fracking in NY state for four years now. His administration seemed poised to