| Feb 22, 2010 | Economy / BusinessThe Obama administration did a brave thing, always a refreshing move for any administration. It issued a budget that had some resemblance to reality. That was the good news. The bad news is that our reality is bleak. The government foresees budget deficits for the...
| Feb 15, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyThe Divine Sarah has spoken. “How’s that hopey-changey thing working out for you?” That’s what she said, Sarah Palin. She said it to the Tea Party at their recent convention (or was it the Tea Party Party?) in Nashville. She said other things...
| | Food / FarmingThose who say that Republican Congress critters are just a gaggle of naysaying boneheads with no economic plan of their own haven’t been listening to Rep. John Linder (R-GA). This Georgia right-winger is irked that America’s food-stamp program will grow to...
| Feb 1, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyIn days of yore they called them the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death—the scourges of humankind. They’re still around, but now they carry new names: Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Kennedy—the conservative...
| Jan 25, 2010 | Environment / HealthWhen you strip off the rhetoric and the partisan politics and remove the fear factor, the health-care legislation working its way to President Barack Obama’s desk is, for most Americans, the healthiest medicine ever offered. Sure, there are missing pieces and probably...
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