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There’s an interesting phenomenon playing out in both New Jersey and Ohio: Two of the country’s most prominent conservative Republican governors have proposed new taxes of a sort that haven’t appealed even to traditionally liberal, tax-hungry state legislatures in states like Massachusetts and Washington.

Why is Gov. Chris Christie trying to punish people who have quit smoking?

Chris Christie was and remains an elephant amongst a herd of donkeys.

Taking their cue from their brusque and combative boss, Christie’s aides obviously let their limited power overwhelm their good judgment, assuming they ever had any.

What struck me the most listening to Chris Christie speak about “Bridgegate” was the couldn’t-be-greater contrast between him and Barack Obama.

The term “Greater New York” was applied, unofficially, to the 1898 consolidation that produced the present city of New York, which brought together the present five boroughs (counties). When consolidated, much of the city of New York was agricultural. As time went on, the term “Greater” came to apply to virtually any large city and its environs, not just New York. By 2010, Greater New York had expanded to somewhere between 19 million and 23 million residents, depending on the definition.

Support for Democrats is wavering after the disastrous Affordable Care rollout, as seen in November’s elections.

We should thank global warming for making hurricanes less frequent and less severe. Indeed, Hurricane Sandy may well have been much more deadly in the absence of global warming.

[Patrick Moffitt is the co-author of this piece. Read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here.]  In Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath – with millions freezing and hungry in dark devastation, including nursing home…

[Patrick Moffitt is the co-author of this piece. Read Part 1 here.] Mayors and governors cannot say they weren’t adequately warned, not just once, but time and time again – in news stories, reports, photographs and graphic personal…

The New Jersey legislature is considering legislation to ban winged, flying monkeys in the state. Wait a minute, I got that wrong – the New Jersey legislature is considering legislation…

Earlier this month, two Ohio economists published a paper downplaying the economic impacts of natural gas drilling in Ohio. They argued that optimistic employment projections should be shifted downwards and…

After decades of increasing tobacco taxes at the federal, state, and local levels, some states are beginning to buck this fiscally burdensome and irresponsible trend. On March 17, the New…