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The President’s brand new budget propsal is here!
Assuming that Congress adopts all these cuts (including the ones to incredibly popular farm programs and etc.), that the economy continues to grow, and that absolutely nothing else goes wrong (what could? Fighting a global war isn’t rocket science, y’know), we’ll only be looking at a […]

I’m just dropping in to ask a question. So…
There’s this proposal on the table, something about Social Security and retirement, right? I just want to get it straight.
So… the idea is to tax our citizenry, but not actually take their money away. It’s their money, not for the common good but for […]

I won’t be offering my annual “State of the Union Drinking Game” this year. There are several reasons.
1) I just don’t have time. We tremendously important “TV People” have neither the time nor inclination to worry about old, outmoded institutions like governments. If you were to walk into my office […]

Nepal’s king has has once again dissolved the government for not being democratic enough. The autocrat is opposed by the communists, who’ve been strong-arming the parliament to put off elections.
You’d think that this might be the political equivalent of putting the Bush administration in a round room and ordering it to find the corners. […]