by Terrance Heath | Mar 26, 2013 | Blog
I was chatting with my neighbor this weekend, as we watched our children playing together, she brought up the subject of the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments for and against marriage equality today. We discussed the odds that the court will ultimately overturn the...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 25, 2013 | The Sequester
With apologies to Victor Hugo, apparently nothing in Washington is as powerful as a bad idea whose time has come — or at least, a bad idea no one in Washington has the political will or ability to stop. The sequester is one such idea. Born from the ashes of the...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 19, 2013 | Back to Work Budget
It's somewhat fitting that a 30-foot geyser erupted from a broken water main practically around the corner from my home the night before the the American Society of Civil Engineers gave America a D+ on its 2013 infrastructure report card, and on the eve of a...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 13, 2013 | Back to Work Budget, The Sequester
After listening to National Economic Advisor to the President Gene Sperling this morning, I think I have a better understanding of at least one reason why we ended up in this sequestration mess, and why no one in Washington can seem to figure way out of it. The White...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog
It's finally here. After a long week of teasing and hint-dropping that kept much of Washington wondering, Paul Ryan has released a new budget. Now, that we can finally see what's in Ryan's budget, it's a bit of a let down. Ryan trots out most of the same old ideas,...
