Jesse Singal

Maybe it’s just that the coffee hasn’t quite kicked in yet, but I’m quite enamored with this lede from The Hill: If Sarah Palin had been on the ballot for the straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference, there is little doubt she would have won. So, an impromptu contest: Who can write the […]

Jumping back into our debate from yesterday on the merits and difficulties of asking colleges to collect data about the employment outcomes of their graduates, commenter Some Experience writes: The… issue that concerns me is the underlying premise that college is a job training program. I fully recognize that college should prepare people for careers, […]

All right, I’m going to call it a day. I have a stack of papers up to my neck to get through, and then, if I have time, I’m going to go finally buy a winter coat. Don’t let anyone tell you the grad school life isn’t one of constant excitement! Here, let’s honor my […]

The big news today is Rick Santorum’s sudden surge in the polls. There are many reasons to take these results with several grains of salt, such as the massive organizational and funding discrepancies between the Romney and Santorum campaigns. But this is still going to lead to some intrigue, because it will force Romney and […]

…among those of us who support Obamacare, did we ever reach a consensus as to whether “Obamacare” is a derogatory term? I ask because last year, in the course of reporting out some editorial for the Globe, I dropped the term in conversation with a researcher at a left-leaning think tank and got slightly chewed […]

I have mostly tried to ignore The Washington Free Beacon (if you originally read that as “Free Bacon,” you are not alone, my friend, and should go get yourself some brunch), the new online conservative magazine launched by the also-new Center for American Freedom think tank. Once I read Conor Friedersdorf’s post, which says most […]

Commenter Mudge says that collecting employment and wage data from college students, which Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is hoping becomes the norm, is much easier said than done: No graduate of any college is required to provide information on their job, or lack thereof, or its remuneration. They are not required to leave an address […]

Politico reports that Philip Ellender, president and COO of Government and Public Affairs for Koch Companies Public Sector LLC, has hit back hard against President Obama and Nancy Pelosi’s recent anti-Koch rhetoric. “Apparently, the President and his allies do not want to lose that perceived fundraising advantage during the 2012 Presidential campaign, and are trying […]

Over at the College Guide, Daniel Luzer has a rundown of the bill Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced on Thursday to address the black hole of non-information prospective college students wander into, often leading to tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. The basics: Currently students make decisions about college based largely […]

Public Policy Polling has a pretty convincing rundown of the political ramifications of the contraception controversy: -Republican agitating on this issue could cause themselves trouble at the polls this year. 40% of voters say Mitt Romney’s stance makes them less likely to vote for him, while only 23% consider it a positive. With the Catholic […]