by Bill Scher | Jul 11, 2008 | Blog
Phil Gramm thinks that the economy is wonderful and those that feel otherwise are mistaken. This is does not make Gramm uniquely callous. It just makes him a conservative. For several years, conservatives have been mightily trying to insist the economy tastes great,...
by Bill Scher | Jul 10, 2008 | Blog
Sen. John McCain, I'm one of your friends, right? The kind of friend who can handle some of your special brand of Straight Talk™. So why won't you just tell me you hate Social Security? Twice this week you lambasted the founding principle of Social Security, that, as...
by Sara Robinson | Jul 9, 2008 | Blog
My dad, who died six years ago today, was a cowboy. A real one, complete with beat-up Stetson and muddy ropers and a Ford pickup and an ancient blanket-lined Levi's jean jacket that smelled of manure, leather, horse sweat, and tobacco -- the distinctive aroma of all...
by Sara Robinson | Jul 9, 2008 | Blog
It's not just Texas. Rick blogged yesterday on the collapsing roads and bridges of Denton County, Texas. Unsurprisingly, it's happening in other places, too. From today's Arizona Star: PHOENIX — From Wickenburg to Eagar, streets in cities and towns across Arizona are...
by Bill Scher | Jul 9, 2008 | Blog
On Monday, I not only noted that Sen. John McCain's health care plan represents a bigger political risk than Sen. Barack Obama's, but also that the Beltway punditocracy would presume the opposite. That didn't take long. Here's yesterday's Boston Globe analysis...
by Bill Scher | Jul 8, 2008 | Blog
In a story about fluctuating oil prices, The New York Times quotes Carrizo Oil and Gas CEO Chip Johnson: I can’t see oil getting cheap again ever. It’s just too hard to find, and too many people want to use it. That's the bottom line. If we want an energy policy to...
