Month: June 2010

In May, 431,000 new jobs were added to the economy.  On the surface, this seems like good news.  However, 411,000 of those jobs were temporary Census workers.  Private employers added 41,000 new jobs to the...

The New Normal of chronic unemployment and declining opportunities has become a persistent theme of the national media, especially the business press.  The coverage documents a trend and also the intent of the Masters of...

Richard Silverstein (Tikun Olam), after reviewing the geriatric makeup of the commission Israel assigned to investigate the Gaza Flotilla massacre, could only conclude that: “the fix is in.” The average age of the...

One thing I’ve learned about the progressive movement (the white part of it, anyway) over the last three years is that it is very thin-skinned, tends to demand respect it hasn’t earned, and refuses to have realistic...

This is not a knock on the President, or the policies he discussed, or his demeanor or his emotions or whatever else people may have decided to be upset or happy about. Nor is it apathy regarding the serious issues raised in...