The Deficit Zealots and Their Media Enablers
I understand why many people do not expect much from most of the traditional media–particularly The New York Times. People don’t get the sense that the traditional media can get out of its own...
View ArticleWhat We Could Spend Afghanistan War Money On
Tax Day is approaching. I did a little exercise, thanks to National Priorities Project, about what we could do with the money spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. It’s worth thinking about since...
View ArticleTeaching Kids Held Hostage To Killing People
In the dysfunctional world of politics, games are played that no normal person would think makes sense. Right now, one of those games is being played out in astonishing fashion: Congress is being...
View ArticleWar or Teachers: The Choice Before Us
My refrain, whenever I hear about the "deficits", is very simple: we have plenty of money. We are the richest nation in human history. The problem is our priorities. And this week it boils down to...
View ArticleWhere Did The Money Go? Ten Year War Costs: $4.4 Trillion
Math is a pretty simple thing–except if you are an elected member of Congress engaging in misdirection, blaming the wrong people and a healthy dose of cognitive dissonance (which requires that you...
View ArticleThe Times’“Balanced Approach” Will Cost Lives
Here is part of our predicament. The Tea Party-Republican wing of the political space is filled with lunatics–they want to turn the country back to the 1920s. Too many Democrats have forgotten what...
View ArticleEpisode 22: A $54 Billion Strangeloveian Kiss Because The Pentagon Needs More...
Who cares if old people go hungry if the military-industrial complex can celebrate, right? That’s basically the upshot of Trump throwing a $54 billion increase the Pentagon’s way—even if there is no...
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