I am disappointed in Obama for his lack of insistence on more tax increases and fewer spending cuts in the mix. But, wait, he is insisting on tax increases on the wealthy and one must study the quality of the cuts, meaning the timing and whether these are actually cuts or

Is Dean Baker that poor an economic historian or just another hack propagandist? Was he misquoted or taken out of context? Quoting a quote from my friend and colleague Fairleft over at Pffugee Camp:  Keynes in the 1930s … explained how the government could provide the boost necessary to get

My belief is that any Revolution which proceeds without a concomitant human enlightenment is doomed to failure. We need all be Buddhas. Without elimination of the base human nature, nothing so good as a workers revolution can sustain for more than a generation or two, if that long, before the

Tiger Woods’ career went into the ditch about the time he drove his SUV into one, with his wife enthusiastically chasing him from behind, swinging a nine-iron through the rear window more effectively than had any of his on course pursuers during his heyday. My own theory is that Tiger’s

Much is being made post-midterms of the timidity with which Obama has governed. I agree wholeheartedly. He has shown no balls in governance and has gotten his just reward. There is an art to leading a recalcitrant Democratic congressional coalition and a solidified Republican opposition and Obama must now learn

Analysis of yesterday’s election reults

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