I think Krugman is making an important point. So let me put my own spin on it. Our political system has spun out of control not because of the emergence of a virulent form of right wing extremism, but because there is no counter balance. There is no penalty for being an extremist. A Tea […]

It is rare for me to find words hard to come by. Now, however, I have arrived at such a point. I am speechless. Almost. The debt crisis is now moved beyond absurd. It is no longer theater to be analyzed by our seemingly never ending stream of experts – experts whose accumulated knowledge is […]