Author: Steven D

I Went to Watch Harry Potter

with my wife and daughter. Nice to see a story where the good guys win and the bad guys lose. Certainly better than stressing about a debt ceiling “crisis” over which I have no control. Hope you are enjoying your...

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Why Tea Party Wants Chaos

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...

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GOP Rep: We Should Cut the Debt Ceiling!

Seriously, that is what Tea Party Rep. Paul Broun (GA) wants to do! Check out his reasoning as explained to Andrea Mitchell: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Broun: I introduced a bill to...

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What Recovered? Not Jobs or Wages

Richard Wolff of the Guardian on the so-called US economy’s recovery: The so-called economic “recovery” since mid-2009 was chiefly hype, a veneer of good news to disguise and minimise the awful underlying...

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