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To no one’s surprise, much of the debate regarding President George W. Bush’s “tax cut” proposals center upon “fairness.”  On one hand, proponents argue that the benefits of lower taxation will fall disproportionately to those folks who pay the most taxes – and that happens to be those with the highest incomes (surprise, surprise).  On the other

Bush  supporters (and especially the editorial writers of the Washington Times  and The Wall Street Journal ) seem relieved now that A lan Greenspan  has officially proclaimed that the recession that began a year ago is now over.   Even as people in  New York City  observed a brief period of silence to mark six months since the September 11

Writer Neal Gabler recently “confessed” his “secret shame” in an Atlantic Monthly article on how a huge percentage of middle-class Americans are living beyond their means, existing paycheck-to-paycheck, and are mired in personal debt. He writes: I never spoke about my financial travails, not even with my closest friends—that is, until I came to