Author: danps

The president, along with some of his defenders, have been protesting that his ability to address the environmental meltdown in the Gulf is limited.  Not everyone agrees his hands are tied so tightly, though. Cross posted...

Analysis of Tuesday’s results has largely skewed towards nuts-and-bolts electoral minutiae and lazy repetition of talking points.  Not much has focused on the actual policies leaders have put in place, though. For...

While the political class waits for the economic crisis to resolve itself, homeowners have started to show considerably more initiative.  It’s making the titans of finance very edgy. Cross posted from Pruning...

A secretly negotiated international treaty recently had a draft released.  It has all the earmarks of a consumer-hostile power grab by the entertainment industry, happily aided by the Obama administration. For more on...

Concern over deficits is suddenly all the rage again.  One player putting itself in the forefront of the issue has missed an obvious candidate for cost savings, though.No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing...