This Is Why It’s Good To Have A Written Bill Of Rights
A case from the U.K. demonstrates why it’s a good thing to have a strong, written, Bill Of Rights.
A case from the U.K. demonstrates why it’s a good thing to have a strong, written, Bill Of Rights.
Some on the right are giving Occupy Wall Street and The 99%’ers a second look.
Ronald Reagan’s chief economist has a radical plan for solving the housing crisis.
The prospects for real economic recovery are not good.
With the advantage of hindsight, it’s clear that more creative strategies were needed. But they probably couldn’t have been passed.
September’s jobs report was better than expected, but still not very good.
A complexity of social policy is the need for universality. This is why pure market models are incompatible with government action.
The Occupy Wall Street protests look more like a temper tantrum than a substantive protest movement.
Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) took to the floor yesterday to lambaste Grover Norquist and his influence over the GOP.
Economists are beginning to wonder if this very slow economic recovery isn’t permanently altering the landscape.
Paul Krugman seems to believe that something like the bubble economy we enjoyed until it burst in 2008 could be had again if only our leaders were sufficiently bold.
Not surprisingly, there was very little about the President’s jobs speech to write home about.
Did World War II teach us anything about spending-as-stimulus? Not really.
Do the less attractive deserve legal protection? One University Of Texas Profess thinks so.
Details of the President’s jobs plan are starting to leak out, and they’re not looking impressive.
Does Ron Paul’s second place showing at Ames mean the media should take him seriously as a contender? No, it doesn’t.
Any politician telling you that solving our problems will be easy is lying to you.
The defense spending lobby is already engaging in fear-mongering over very modest defense cuts.
Rumors of Timothy Geithner’s departure from the Treasury Department may have been exaggerated.
Following on Doug’s cheery post about the weak state of the economy here are some more things to consider.
Once again, the debt ceiling deal is raising questions about the President’s leadership.
And you thought the bad economic news was over.
The ban on gays openly serving in the military will end in September, nine months after President Obama signed the repeal into law.
Two economists look at a 30 year investment in a home versus putting the same money in the stock market.
The idea that we can avoid the consequences of failing to raise the debt ceiling is patently absurd.
The White House would really appreciate it if you didn’t pay attention to all that bad economic news.
Illegal immigration from Mexico is down substantially, and it has nothing to do with all those anti-immigration laws.
The New York Times keeps digging up new facts about yesterday’s shocking reversal in the Dominque Strauss-Kahn case.
A Federal Appeals Court struck down an Amendment to the Michigan Constitution today as unconstitutional.
President Obama wants a million hybrid cars on the road by 2015. That’s easier said than done.
Can gay soldiers now get married and receive the same federal benefits as heterosexuals?
Catholic University president John Garvey explains “Why We’re Going Back to Single-Sex Dorms.”