August 4, 2014
Chicago Doesn’t Have Time for Washington’s Problems
Washington might as well be a whole different country. That’s how the folks in Chicago view the Capital City....
August 1, 2014
Whew! House Passes Supplemental!
Published in the Christian Science Monitor Decoder Voices Some late-night observations about the House-passed Supplemental bill: It’s not a perfect bill. It’s probably not even a very good bill. But it is better than nothing. Much better than nothing. The...
July 31, 2014
America’s “Friends Door”
Published in the Christian Science Monitor Decoder Voices I have a friend who likes to say that his friends door is closed, meaning that he is too old to meet new friends. His point is that you only have a...
July 30, 2014
Some Incomplete Thoughts on Solving the Persistent Poverty Problems In This Country
Published in the Christian Science Monitor Decoder Voices Who (or what) is to blame for persistent poverty in this country? Is it inequities in the marketplace? Is it the inefficiency and corruption in government programs?...
July 29, 2014
What If Medicare Spending Slowed Because Of Part D?
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank.) In about 16 years, both the Medicare and Social Security trust funds will basically be out of money, according to the report released Monday by the programs’ trustees. The trustees’ report wasn’t all doom...