Speedway Matters

Tabletop Joe is no friend of Senator Mike Young's politics. This much is clear. And like most people, Tabletop Joe doesn't care to b...

This : Is the Constitution a charter of self-government that allows the people’s elected representatives to try to find reasonable institu...

It is no secret that I am a lawyer. Insert joke here. That said, I have an enormous affection and respect for  the judiciary. It hurts me ...

As N. Carolina cleans up from Hurricane Florence, I suppose it is time for my annual rant about flood insurance. Can someone explain to me...

I was a public school teacher for the better part of a decade. I left teaching to become a lawyer. People often ask me why, and I'v...

This :  if you take on the job of steering the American economy, your performance will be judged based on whether or not you steered it to...

It seems rather clear to me that GOP lawmakers have made a bargain with President Trump: On the one hand, they will look the other way wi...

Part the millionth about how college students are essentially being screwed out of an opportunity to make a better life for themselves (and ...

Speedway has come a long  way in recent years. While it is very easy to point out shortcomings and lament imperfections, I was reading throu...

I hear the "Manafort and Cohen's crimes had nothing to do with Trump or Russia" defense already. Let's just acknowledge th...

I can't help but wryly recall those times when I was told that industry would self regulate better than the government could, and att...

"Truth isn't truth!" In light of this weekend's utterly amazing disregard for actual facts, I thought I'd do a bit...

My reader knows that I lament the state of American healthcare on this blog often. I recently had an episode that neatly encapsulates so man...

A beloved commenter recently suggested that perhaps those who send their children to Catholic schools should get a property tax break, since...

To parrot what Sheila Kennedy wrote the other day, I think that Joe Donnelly is a horrible centrist sellout. I think that so many of his pos...