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Those Cartoons

I know all of you have been following the furor over those cartoons published a few weeks ago in an obscure Danish newspaper. The nonsense that has ensued is plainly foolish. In practically every country with a majority Moslem population there have been demonstrations and small scale riots. In a few instances sundry Scandinavian embassies […]

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The Budget First Look

Well now we have the actual document, and as predicted it is stunningly bogus and shamelessly harmful to the nation’s poor. It fails the tests of honesty, fairness, and responsibility. In short it is awful. Let me explain why: In terms of honesty: President Bush leaves out any funding for his wars as if they […]

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Bush’s Bogus Budget and Tax Cuts

President Bush has now submitted his annual budget proposal to Congress. As usual it is full of rhetoric rather than economic analysis; and, also as usual, it doesn’t mean much. All Presidents present budgets and all Congresses alter them out of sight. This is even when the President is in the same party in control […]

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