Month: April 2016

Oh, it is a wonderful economy if you are in the top one percent. It’s not even all that terrible if you are in the upper 20% (though it isn’t great, either). But when you look at people in the lower 80 percent of the...

After the Obama administration announced yesterday that they would replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, I did a quick survey of right-wing sites to see their reaction. I was pleasantly surprised by what I...

When her campaign chairman John Podesta was asked if Hillary Clinton will consider any women as potential running mates, he could answer only one way. That doesn’t mean that I think Podesta answered dishonestly or that he...

Some rhyme and reason and some willy nilly Coins: The penny: The Indian cent was first introduced in 1859 and depicted an Indian princess on the obverse. A popular story about its design claims a visiting Indian chief lent the...

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has an announcement about the monies. Since we began this process, we have heard overwhelming encouragement from Americans to look at notes beyond the $10. Based on this input, I have directed the...