Month: August 2011

For months we have been forced by politicians in Washington to address the wrong problem at the wrong time: deficit reduction without tax hikes during a deep, deep recession, or as I like to call it the Not So Great Depression....

If we have only one party in Washington that believes in the basic functions and responsibilities of our government, our government will not long remain in recognizable form. So, basically, we probably ought to stop running...

Even though I am not one of Tim Geithner’s toughest critics and even though I was one of very few progressive bloggers to support his handling of TARP, I called on Geithner to resign over a year ago. It’s not that...

The White House is demanding that Congress come back from their vacations and pass a bill that will keep the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operating through August. They sent Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood out on...

Man. Today was just one of those days. First, Finn had been asleep for about fifteen minutes when about thirty emergency vehicles drove past the house with their sirens blaring. There was a big pileup on the turnpike. Then once...