The FAA has been asked to issue flying rights for drones to carry out military and civilian law-enforcement functions in the US. How long before they hit one of our precious wedding celebrations right here in the homeland of the good old “real America”?

Jack Balkin gets at something I was trying to address the other day: the collapse of Reagan’s three-legged stool and its benefits for the Democratic party.

Bush’s failed presidency has left the Republicans scrambling to reconstitute the Reagan coalition. The wide range of different candidates– from Giuliani to Romney to McCain to Huckabee to Paul– offer different solutions.