Month: December 2011

New unemployment claims are the lowest they’ve been since April 2008, prior to the economic collapse. Meanwhile, the domestic auto industry is selling a lot of cars. Mortgage rates are the lowest they’ve been since...

. At least 63 killed in co-ordinated Baghdad attacks BAGHDAD (AFP/BBC News) – Four car-bombs and 10 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were detonated, officials told the BBC. A security spokesman in Baghdad, Maj-Gen...

Based on the reporting in this Yahoo News piece, Mitt Romney hasn’t been doing any legwork whatsoever in South Carolina. He has one office and three paid staffers working in the state. It makes me wonder what the hell he...

The president went shopping at PetSmart today with his dog. He got him a chew toy. He didn’t get one for himself because John Boehner is already serving that purpose. The administration is putting Boehner through the...

Now would be a time to offer no face-savng measures whatsoever and to simply turn the knife. The fight over payroll taxes and unemployment insurance will resume after the new year. It is best to so thoroughly whip the House...