Forbes Magazine: Obama Is The Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower
"Who Is The Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower? Would You Believe It's Barack...
View ArticleSocial Security, Debt, Deficit and Republican Mendacity
Even without mild tweaking to make it solvent in perpetuity, Social Security is paid for through 2035.***"Pope Francis Links"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/pope-francis-links.html
View ArticleSo You Don't Want To Raise The Debt Ceiling?
Iraq:An astonishingly stupid, counterproductive war.Ronald Reagan befriended and supported Saddam Hussein to maintain the balance of power between Iraq and Iran. Under Smirk and Snarl, Iran won The...
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U.S. Army psychiatrist, Nadal Malik Hasan, killed 13 people and injured 30 others at Fort Hood military base.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hood_shooting
View ArticleConservatives Curious Beliefs About Efficacy Of Legislation To Outlaw Guns...
There is ample evidence that in developed nations where abortion is legal, there is less abortion than where it is illegal.
View Article"How The Tea Party Undermines Conservatism," Michael Gerson
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.***Know Nothing NativismWikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing***By Michael Gerson, Published: January 6, 2000One of the main problems with an...
View ArticleThe Price Of Obamacare Obstructionism
"With three months of Obamacare enrollment completed, the effect of the Republican intransigence on health care reform can be seen in new data compiled by Theda Skocpol, professor of government and...
View ArticleObamacare Is Slowing Health Inflation
"Since the ACA was signed into law in March 2010, prices for health-care goods and services have risen at a 1.8% annual rate, the slowest rate for a comparable period in nearly 50 years, and just 0.2%...
View ArticleWhy Obamacare Must Take Away Some Choices
The Tyranny of False Alternatives*** "[A] group of Angelenos is about to lose access to Cedars, because, starting January 1, their insurance companies will no longer cover treatment at the hospital....
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Thomas PaineOften quoted by contemporary conservatives, Paine's actual political philosophy would inspire them with hatred.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_paine***Excerpt: "Conservatives have often...
View ArticleThe Folly of Foreign Aid
"here is a striking parallel between the problems caused by aid inflows and the "natural resource curse" (or "Dutch disease" as it is termed in Western countries), whereby inflows into one economic...
View ArticleThe Biggest Challenge Janet Yellin Will Face As New Fed Chair
"Do we use the tools in our arsenal, even aware of the risks? Or do we allow growth to underperform its potential, leaving millions of jobless by the wayside when we may just be able to help, out of...
View ArticleHundreds Of Complaints About Well-Water Contamination By Oil And Gas Drilling
Oil Industry:"Suck it up!"***"In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and...
View ArticleHow Global Warming Can Make Cold Snaps Even Worse
In their political lives, these guys promote "common sense"but like The Tea Party couldn't buy a clue about uncommon sense.***"The key factor is a feedback mechanism of climate change known as Arctic...
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