Month: February 2009

A funny thing happened on the way to peace and prosperity – we was robbed. Seriously, where did the money go? I’m not talking about the few hundred billion in bank bailouts which was poured down the toilet without...

This week President Obama promoted his much-needed economic recovery package in a prime-time news conference and a trip to economically depressed Elkhart, Indiana, where the unemployment rate has topped 15%.  Cities and...

Representative John Dingell, on the need for universal health care: Our current system is failing the patients. People are having to choose between feeding their families, paying their bills, or filling their prescriptions....

I’ve had some time to think about it and I’ve come to the conclusion that Tim Geithner’s big rollout of his TARP-2 program was way too vague and that it didn’t reassure anyone. He should have taken...

Update [2009-2-10 18:27:23 by Steven D]: Mr. Mullens, the teacher in question, has resigned. It isn’t clear from this news story whether he will be pursuing any legal remedies against the school district. The...