The Payroll Tax Cut And The Lucky Duckies
What the NYT Missed About Mitt's Hair
I don't know how the New York Times can run an entire Page One story about Mitt Romney's hair--some would end the sentence right there, but not me, I'm actually interested in Romney's hair--without mentioning Edwin Jones. READ MORE >>
Happy Newtgiving
This Thanksgiving I am thankful that David Osborne's classic 1984 Newt Gingrich profile in Mother Jones, which is full of gothic details about how badly Gingrich treated his first wife (and high school math teacher!), Jackie, has been posted online. I could have sworn that the Osborne piece was the source of the most bracingly cold-blooded Gingrich quote I ever saw--a quote about why he left Jackie. READ MORE >>
Rule of Three
No Jobs In D.C.
You often hear it said that it's hard to know you're in a recession while dwelling in the District of Columbia. The work of the government goes on, the metropolitan area is highly affluent, etc., etc. At dinner last night a friend said he has to get out of town to observe the economic hardship that the country's going through--no longer a recession, to be sure, but a very anemic recovery. The hard times are invisible here, he said. I agreed. READ MORE >>
Why We Need A Tax Increase
Wise Henry Aaron of the Brookings Institution advises not to fret about the super committee's demise, and warns that half or more of any future deficit reduction deal must consist of taxes. Why? Because in the absence of a tax increase that big READ MORE >>
Caddell-Schoen's Hillary Balloon
The Super Committee Must Really Be Dead
The Washington Post took the deficit-panel doomsday clock off its home page two days before it was set to go off. READ MORE >>
