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- Latino-American Dream on Hold - February 19, 2009
- Almost one in 10 Latino homeowners reported missing a mortgage payment -- or being unable to make a full one -- in 2008, according to a Pew Hispanic Center...
- Will Obama Cross the 'Reefer Rubicon'? - February 17, 2009
- The War on Drugs is obscenely expensive. It enriches criminals and terrorists. And it messes up our foreign policy. Meanwhile, drugs grow ever cheaper and...
- The Old Folks Are Doing OK - February 12, 2009
- Social Security is about the only thing around here that doesn't need fixin'. The Congressional Budget Office says it can pay all scheduled benefits into...
- GOP on Stimulus: First, Do Harm - February 10, 2009
- Yeah, what we need is another tax break for American companies that take their business overseas. So insisted Sen. Mike Pence, an Indiana Republican, on...
- Daschle is Too Compromised for the Job - February 3, 2009
- Daschle made good on his tax obligations a few days before his hearing to become secretary of health and human services. Problem fixed, he undoubtedly...
- Sports Man Therapy for Tough Times - January 29, 2009
- Psychologists specializing in cognitive therapy have long urged patients to do what Sports Man does naturally. The late Richard Wenzlaff, a University of...
- Getting Off the Dog Track - January 27, 2009
- Greyhound racing appeared in Britain during the 16th century. A hare would be released, and the hounds would go after it. Modern tracks use mechanical...
- Gilded Age for Institutions Also Over - January 22, 2009
- Fast-forward to 2009, when America is trying to recover from another era of overreach. The Mark Twain House is now a tourist site but again faces bankruptcy....
- Why Health Reform May Happen - January 20, 2009
- Harry Truman proposed national health insurance in 1945, and 75 percent of Americans applauded. Then the U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued a pamphlet, titled...
- In Speech, Obama Won't Do an FDR - January 15, 2009
- These conditions explain why Roosevelt's first inaugural address -- famous for "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" -- also contained darker, more...
- Taxes Will Have to Be Raised, Eventually - January 13, 2009
- The conservative alternative to borrowing -- a cut in spending -- is now off the table as the need to stimulate the economy grows dire. In any case,...
- Onus Now on Dems for Ethical Government - January 8, 2009
- We can all find the entertainment value in politics, but the bottom line must be what's right for the country. That means we keep our eyes on the governing...
- The Mortgage Thieves Return - January 6, 2009
- The plunderers include the seediest of subprime mortgage lenders, back for a second feeding, this time off the taxpayers. The Department of Housing and Urban...
- Offshoring Is One Sure Thing - January 1, 2009
- When the workers go home, the jobs often go with them. That's a problem for American workers. For the businesses that abuse the program, it's a plan. ...
- What Israel Still Must Do - December 30, 2008
- "We must reach an agreement with the Palestinians, meaning a withdrawal from nearly all, if not all, of the (occupied) territories," Olmert said. "Some...
- Bubble Bourgeoisie Learns to 'Do-It-Yourself' - December 26, 2008
- It was very 2005 to read of couples using a service to water the two tomato plants on their deck. And of teenage daughters being given their own private Pilates...
- Welcome to 'Nepotism Nation' - December 23, 2008
- And it wouldn't have made much difference that in 2002 the contenders had to run for the office -- as opposed to the current situation in Illinois, where the...
- No Con Hurts Like an Affinity Con - December 18, 2008
- Madoff's theft is stunning in its size, a suspected $50 billion, and in its victims, some of the world's most sophisticated financial firms and...
- America Must Take the Cure - December 16, 2008
- No serious medical professional would ever offer that response. Smoking caused Al's breathing problems. However difficult quitting cigarettes may be, it is...
- A Senate Seat Is Not a Kennedy Heirloom - December 11, 2008
- Of course, Caroline can ask for whatever she wants. The astounding part is that the idea of such a request hasn't been laughed out of the news pages. ...
- Democrats Must Break With Rangel - December 9, 2008
- The congressman is Charles B. Rangel, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. The cause is the future Charles B. Rangel School of Public Service at...
- Booze or Drugs, Prohibition Makes No Sense - December 4, 2008
- And before you say, "We can't do that," hear the officers out. They have an answer for every objection. Doesn't the War on Drugs take narcotics...
- Big Three Auto Firms Will Need Music, Too - December 2, 2008
- Once the companies restructure and have the technology in place, they can turn to winning back the public. A car isn't like a refrigerator. You buy a fridge,...
- Health Care Reform Must Start Now - November 27, 2008
- The bright side is that comprehensive health-care reform could save Americans major money in the long run. You can't say "comprehensive" too many times. The...
- Giving Thanks for the Leftovers - November 25, 2008
- We moderns are good at counting our losses, but not appreciating the leftovers. And that's what Thanksgiving is about, showing gratitude for whatever has...
- Keeping Cool Over Lieberman - November 20, 2008
- One might remind the netroots of a useful Sicilian proverb: Revenge is a dish best served cold. Given Lieberman's dismal poll numbers in Connecticut, his comeuppance...
- Palin's Next Career Move - November 18, 2008
- Far more problematical were the personal expenses Palin charged to Alaska taxpayers. A standout example was the four glamorous nights she and her daughter...
- America Doesn't Need 'Rebranding' - November 13, 2008
- The right suffers its own hypersensitivity, though that gets manifested in different ways. If a Frenchman claims that the cheese is better in his country --...
- Unions' Creepy Push Against Secret Ballot - November 11, 2008
- Unclear is why unions even want to go there. Their decline is one reason for the falling fortunes of American workers, particularly those without college...
- The Landslide That Doesn't Feel All Liberal - November 6, 2008
- To many older voters, the middle-class paradise of their youth had turned into an economic purgatory in which workers dodge the falling shards of free...
- Helping the Right 'Homeowners' - November 4, 2008
- There have been lots of ways to lose money in 2008. Yet while politicians talk of helping people who gambled on housing, they ignore those who put their...
- Newspaper Endorsements Still Count - October 30, 2008
- This makes a lot of sense. Last week, for example, you saw the regulars on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" cackle over The New York Times' very unshocking endorsement...
- Greenspan Should Have Stuck With the Clarinet - October 28, 2008
- Long before he ever dreamed of becoming Federal Reserve chairman, Greenspan played the clarinet and soaked up Rand's philosophy of radical individualism and...
- Palin Drove Stake Into Centrist Hearts - October 23, 2008
- In June, I ran some interference for McCain among Hillary voters: I shared my genuine belief that despite his "pro-life" voting record, McCain probably...
- This Year's Hanging Chad - October 21, 2008
- "Eight different actions were filed against me in just a month," Brunner told me. This being Ohio, Brunner said she expected election-related suits, but she...
- Katrina for the Rest of Us - October 16, 2008
- I knew the Bush era would weigh heavily on my financial future nonetheless. As a payer of the income tax, I face many years of being dunned for the $11...
- The Price of Extinction - October 14, 2008
- The idea of fixing a dollar value on a species offends those who regard preserving our natural heritage as a moral imperative. It would seem akin to listing one's...
- McCain Economics Still Bush League - October 9, 2008
- While neither candidate has offered a plausible blueprint to pay for their proposals, Democrat Barack Obama at least talks of raising taxes on someone -- in...
- Why Independents Care So Much About Health Care - October 7, 2008
- Health care has recently moved up as a concern for independents. While only 11 percent of Republicans named health care as the topic they most wanted the candidates to...
- Law for Poor Didn't Cause Meltdown - October 2, 2008
- The Community Reinvestment Act requires federally insured banks and thrifts to lend in the low-income neighborhoods where they take deposits, but consistent with safe...