July 15, 2010
NAACP Vs. The Tea Party
This reminds me of one of those old Japanese monster movies — – a death match brought to you by cable television. The NAACP pass a resolution condemning racist elements of the Tea Party. Various spokesmen from various factions of...
July 14, 2010
Internet Tax Shopping
One of my wife’s favorite hobbies is taking out the laptop and shopping online. She can buy clothes for my son, she can shop for shoes, she can get great deals at a variety of stores, and she can do...
July 13, 2010
Unemployment Insurance
The first unemployment insurance plans were created by European guilds and trade unions in the 18th century. They taxed their members a certain percentage in good times, so that when bad times hit, they would have some money to help...
July 12, 2010
The Next Majority
Robert Gibbs let the cat out of the bag over the weekend. He admitted that Republicans have a decent shot at getting majority in November. That admission sent shock waves through the Washington punditocracy. How could it be? What a...
July 9, 2010
Don’t Swap Anna
I, for one, think it is a huge mistake to swap Anna Chapman, the very attractive Russian spy, for whatever American spies the Russians might have in their possession. As President Obama likes to say, this is a teachable moment. ...