Author: Steven D

Hunger and starvation is no excuse to welch off the Federal Government. That’s the Republican response, in any event, to how to deal with the budget deficit. While Republicans defend billions of dollars in subsidies for...

Once upon a time Alan Greenspan didn’t believe he existed. If only he had been right about that: Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan once doubted his own existence. A friend had to convince Greenspan that he...

Tennessee’s legislature, by passing the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill” doesn’t want teachers or students to speak or hear the word gay ued in school because — well — because it might teach...

Elections matter. When the Republicans took back the House in 2010, they also captured a number of governorships and legislatures. Two of those Governors (Wisconsin and Michigan) took the radical approach that eliminating...

I can’t recall the last time I saw a major news story about Iraq on my TV. Oddly enough we still have troops over there. And contractors. Indeed, the security firm DynCorp (i.e., mercenaries, guns for hire, whatever you...