- Brad Plumer
- Reporter
Brad Plumer is a reporter at the Washington Post writing about domestic policy, particularly energy and environmental issues.
How to siphon votes from blue states
Now that the election's over, Republicans in blue states are talking about changing the way the electoral college awards its votes. Not incidentally, many of these proposals would have taken votes away from Obama in 2012.
The coming parrot-robot apocalypse
We've posted plenty of Lunch Break videos about the latest breakthroughs in intelligent robots robots that will undoubtedly kill us all some day. So it's only fair that we alert everyone to the possibility of a joint parrot-robot apocalypse situation.
75% of jobless workers to lose insurance
Unless Congress extends the federal unemployment program, two million Americans are set to lose their jobless benefits in December. Another one million Americans are expected see their benefits disappear by April.
What do ‘right-to-work’ laws do to a state’s economy?
The biggest policy fight of the week is arguably taking place in Michigan, where Republican lawmakers are trying to push through a "right-to-work" bill that would weaken labor unions in one of the country's most heavily unionized states. President Obama traveled to the state today and urged Gov. Rick Snyder (R) to veto the bill.
- Forecasters are optimistic about U.S. carbon emissions. Should they be?
- All of the world's power plants, in one handy map
- Reconciliation
- How much can the EPA cut carbon emissions? It depends on the courts.
- Could two platinum coins solve the debt-ceiling crisis?
- November jobs report: A decent number with lots of caveats
- Could the ‘platinum coin option’ solve the U.S. debt crisis?
- Natural gas exports could boost U.S. economy but will anyone buy the stuff?
The Post MostMost-viewed stories, videos, and galleries in the past two hours
Chatological Humor: A discussion on Brian Murtagh
Live Q&A; transcript
Gene Weingarten discussed his feature article on Brian Murtagh’s fight to keep Jeffrey MacDonald behind bars.
| 11:00 AM | ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri LIVE NOW |
|---|---|
| 12:00 PM | Tuesdays with Moron: Chatological Humor Update |
