The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

If hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue, piousness is virtue paying tribute to itself.

The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

One answer is that the towns elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were worth the price. But they may or may not have thought this.

The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

Many 'hard' scientists regard the term 'social science' as an oxymoron. Science means hypotheses you can test, and prove or disprove. Social science is little more than observation putting on airs.

Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.