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North Korea successfully fired a rocket today, raising the possibility of a long-range missile that destabilizes a barely-stable area of the world.
In Minnesota, it often doesn’t really matter what a politician does, as long as the roads get plowed in the winter and the potholes get fixed in the spring.
Normally, I’d be a little embarrassed to present a Simpsons character explaining something as important as the coming ‘fiscal cliff.’
The art of secession
Abbie Evans, the kid who couldn’t take another minute of the presidential campaign, is a Democrat.
Here’s how the electoral map of Tuesday’s election would’ve looked if we were pre-1870 America.
In the wake of yesterday’s election, Wall Street had its temper tantrum today, closing down more than 300 points in one of the worst days in years. Analysts tend to make these things up as they go but they’re blaming it on several factors such as four more years of fiscal policies, the coming “fiscal Read more →
It’s all over in the Michigan Supreme Court race where Bridget Mary McCormack finished as the top vote getter. She has her little sister to thank, as well as Jed Bartlett, C.J. Craig, and the West Wing reunion.
The animated election
When should people abstain from voting?
Cameras in the ballot booth