Lots of stuff going on in the world. Let’s see what the President is doing about it. But let’s recognize at the outset that he is not a miracle worker. Gas is over $3 a gallon. I don’t know that the President has said anything about that recently. You know, if we would start going […]
The President’s Priorities Read More »
If the House, Senate, and President can’t all agree on a budget by early March, we’ve been told, we’ll face another government shutdown like we had a few times in the 1990s with a Republican Congress and Bill Clinton in the White House. Back then, Clinton effectively painted the Republicans as unreasonable, and their popularity
Interesting Stuff about the Budget Read More »
The longer the situation in Egypt unfolds, the more time I spend thinking about it. I remember being disappointed that the US didn’t do more to help the protesters in Iran a few years ago. The government finally clamped down on pro democracy forces there. So now we have the chance to learn from our
Three Political Shorts Read More »
I don’t envy President Barack Obama as he tries to figure out what to do, if anything, about Egypt. The Egyptian people want freedom, opportunity, and an end to corruption. All of that is easy to root for. But what are we supposed to do about it? If we do nothing, and the movement fails, some
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