| Feb 13, 2012 | Economy / BusinessPresident Barack Obama is ready to support “reforms” to “strengthen” Social Security, he declared in his State of the Union address. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels thinks we need “repairs” to make Social Security more...
| Feb 6, 2012 | Economy / BusinessThe Oscar-nominated film “The Help” has already earned armfuls of awards. But I’m not a fan. The sentimental film reminds me how far the United States, and Hollywood in particular, has to go. When Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American...
| | Environment / HealthFolks, I’ve got some good news and some bad news about the nation’s ever-elusive quest for a sound energy policy. The good news: Finally there’s some under-the-radar bipartisan consensus in Washington. The bad news: Both parties are dead wrong. This...
| Jan 30, 2012 | Economy / BusinessAmerica is becoming “a country where a shrinking number of people do really well, while a growing number of Americans barely get by,” President Barack Obama declared during his State of the Union address. The numbers back him up. Executive compensation and...
| Jan 23, 2012 | Economy / BusinessTax systems that heavily tax the rich are asking for trouble — or so the politicians who cater to the 1 percent incessantly argue. The higher the tax rate on high incomes, their argument goes, the greater the incentive the rich have to waste time and energy figuring...
