Month: July 2011

It’s often difficult to understand why people behave the way they do, even people we know well. It’s often far more difficult to understand why people who are very different from us act in ways that we consider...

I watched Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) chairing the Rules Committee as he reluctantly created a rule to allow a vote on Boehner’s latest plan. He said he was unhappy about having to introduce the crappy bill, but he...

It is my sincere hope that this weekend will represent Peak Stupid. To borrow from Hunter S. Thompson, I hope that five years from now we’ll be able to stand on a tall hill in Maryland and look down into Washington DC and...

Things are moving too fast for me to keep up. I think it is correct to say that it’s time for Mitch McConnell to step up and save the day. The only way I can see for him to do that is to negotiate with a small rump of...

We’re about to collectively lose a shit-ton of money in our retirement accounts. The stock market is going to hemorrhage value today and there aren’t too many safe places to hide. Bonds will go down, too. Gold will...