Monthly Archives: July 2012

Most American voters have already decided whether they will pull the lever for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney in November. Their decisions were largely predictable even before Romney emerged as the Republican standard-bearer. But there are still a few people … Continue reading →

The National Debt went up under: Carter 41%, Reagan 186%, Bush Sr. 53%, Clinton 40%, Bush W. 77%. Trickle down doesn’t work. Bush was proof of that, having created less jobs than any President since Herbert Hoover. That’s right FDR … Continue reading →

Source: New York Magazine The Hamptons are Romney territory. But billionaire Jeff Greene thinks his neighbors would be wise to buy a little democracy insurance. … “This is my fear, and it’s a real, legitimate fear,” Greene says, revving up … Continue reading →

Provide that public elections are publicly funded; Limit, and make transparent, independent political expenditures; Close the revolving door between Congress and K Street; and Reaffirm that when the Declaration of Independence spoke of entities “endowed by their Creator with certain … Continue reading →

This from the former Republican Secretary of State:

Do you agree there’s too much money in politics? Let’s get together, get to know each other better, have some fun and write letters to the editors of Wisconsin newspapers. We need to get the word out to people that … Continue reading →

Source: Paul Krugman Kieran Healy has a chart: The blue line at the top is the US; the other lines are for other advanced countries. What I find most striking here actually isn’t the higher US level of violence; it’s … Continue reading →

  A weariness besets the world. America drifts, Europe crumbles, China slows, markets everywhere are tired and broken. A sort of nervous exhaustion stalks societies, our problems feel bigger than our solutions. This stagnation is a symptom, the disease is … Continue reading →