Month: May 2011

California’s prisons are so overcrowded that the Supreme Court just ruled, in another 5-4 decision, that the whole enterprise basically amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. I suppose you can guess which Justices voted...

Hunger and starvation is no excuse to welch off the Federal Government. That’s the Republican response, in any event, to how to deal with the budget deficit. While Republicans defend billions of dollars in subsidies for...

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says that Rep. Paul Ryan should run for president. He also says that he expects all the Republican candidates to support Ryan’s ludicrous budget plan. I think this shows how out of touch...

Once upon a time Alan Greenspan didn’t believe he existed. If only he had been right about that: Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan once doubted his own existence. A friend had to convince Greenspan that he...

I’m enjoying watching the Republicans pretend that Paul Ryan’s plan is a good, sensible plan that can be sold to the American public as fiscally responsible and fair. Forcing their members to vote for that plan was...