by Bill Scher | Oct 21, 2008 | Blog
Patio Man, Deck Guy, Porch Dude and Stoop Buddy are all surprised that they still waste five minutes of their day reading David Brooks. Brooks' occasional use of big words and obscure references always made it seem like he knew what he was talking about. But now that...
by Bill Scher | Oct 21, 2008 | Blog
Yesterday's Washington Post headline posed the question, "As Fuel Prices Fall, Will Push For Alternatives Lose Steam?" The weakening "push" referred not to public policies but to market forces, as clean energy entrepreneurs lamented the increased difficultly with...
by Bill Scher | Oct 20, 2008 | Blog
David Sirota rightly flags what to expect after Election Day, regardless of the outcome -- an "onslaught" of media Establishment punditry that America is a "center-right nation" which will either help McCain clamp down on Congress or constrain Obama from following...
by Bill Scher | Oct 17, 2008 | Blog
I never thought I'd see the day when conservatives would do a smear job on tax cuts. I had a, shall we say, lively discussion with conservative Town Hall blogger Amanda Carpenter for the weekly The Week In Blog segment over at bloggingheads.tv.. And she offered the...
by Bill Scher | Oct 16, 2008 | Blog
Dean Baker notes that the "giant" tax increase Joe the Plumber fears would prevent him from buying a $280,000 plumbing business would amount to, at most, $900: Mr. Wurzelbacher says that he is planning to buy a plumbing business that has profits of between $250,000...
