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    The Senate

    February 5, 2010

    Ok. It’s been a long week. Let’s have some fun: Americans can be proud to live in a nation so well served by its elected bodies. In particular the Senate deserves praise for its resolute avoidance of anything resembling action. The nation has few opportunities to come together and make a collective statement, indeed it […]

    Economics / jobs, stimulus, unemployment /

    The Unemployment Rate Drops

    February 5, 2010

    Well it drops a little: from 10.0% to 9.7%. Today’s report from the Bureau of labor Statistics is chock full of information – 42 pages of it – and after having read through it I end up pretty much where I began. Here are the headlines: Obviously it is good news that the unemployment rate […]

    Economics / Bush, deficits, federal deficits, fiscal policy, GDP, Medicare, national debt, Reagan, Social Security /

    Was Reagan A Republican?

    February 4, 2010

    Michael Kinsley, in a fun article in Atlantic Monthly,says no. He bases this somewhat surprising finding on the recently discussed ‘principles’ that the Tea Party movement was urging on the GOP as a litmus test for future candidates. People were allowed to fail on two of the ten counts. Only those who passed would have […]

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