Mentholated cigarettes may have avoided the FDA’s axe last week, when all other flavored smokes were banned outright. But another African American favorite—sugary drinks—is increasingly a subject of legislative interest. Though New York State has tabled discussions about “sin taxing” (just the name is problematic) sugar-heavy drinks like soda and Kool Aid, the New York…

By now, you’ve probably already seen this clip of Rep. Barney Frank issuing a scathing rebuke to a woman comparing Barack Obama to Hitler at a Dartmouth, Mass., healthcare town hall. But a little refresher won’t hurt: For those of us who have long been yearning for a return to rational political discourse, it was…

Three years after seeing his presidential dreams dashed by a rash, three-syllable slur, George Allen, who occasionally insists on wearing full cowboy regalia, is reportedly back in the saddle. Perhaps you don’t remember Allen. Despite a decades-long career in public office—first as a congressman, then as the governor of Virginia and then as a senator—you’ll…