I never thought I’d be cheering NPR, but Michelle Norris really makes Sen. Baucus squirm . Sure her economic theory is off, but some of her questions are spot on. Norris: “Will this stimulus package in the end add to the nation’s deficit woes?” Baucus: “Well ... it’s ... um ... My thought is ... It probably will initially, but all economists say
Forbes.com has a slide show of the top 20 richest counties in the US. The top three, and ten of the top 20, are located within commuting distance of DC. I wonder if there is some causation to that
The only redeeming feature of our political process is that we peacefully accomplished an ideological shift -- a coup of sorts -- that in almost every other instance led to blood in the streets. Of course, the shift is mere window dressing as both McCain and Obama stand for big government, big wars, and big deficits. The only difference between
I’m slowly coming out of my post-election blues , all thanks to NPR. Why? Well it appears that the victors are already turning on themselves. That’s right, the Reign of Terror has begun, with each radical faction accusing all others of being enemies of the revolution . And, to think, the Terror erupted before any power was transferred. Where the
According to a report from the Washington Post and The Columbus Dispatch , the genesis of the housing market bubble was global wealth; not excess meaningless paper, but true wealth. So the bubble was not caused by the FED, the bubble occurred because “a growing amount of savings, particularly in developing countries, fueled an investment bubble.”
Like Atlas holding the sky on his shoulders, our federal representatives hold the weight of the Earth and our future on theirs — an awesome and sobering responsibility. Imagine for a moment that you are Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Energy and Environment Committee. In your omniscience, you recognize that “ Bush’s new
It’s tornado season here in Ohio. This afternoon as a few funnel clouds were forming miles from my house, I received a call from my mother living in Florida. Seems she was not about to wait for her son to make his yearly Mother’s Day call as she had urgent news. CNN and other news outlets were reporting funnel clouds and tornados in central Ohio,
Mothers of Ohio, here you go. Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray is using your tax dollars to provide you with the gift you desired all along. Though, for some reason, you couldn’t recognize that desire -- a breakdown of Thymology I suppose. Regardless, here it is. Enjoy. Cordray knew you would. Thankfully, my mother lives in Florida and is unaware of
Ohio has effectively shut the door on payday lending . The state legislature — a bunch of nanny do-gooders — recognized the seen: the closing of 1,600 payday stores and the loss of some 6,000 jobs. But these same folks missed the unseen: the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars invested in these businesses; with investment losses to be suffered
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