I was going to title this post “Oh, Dear,” but I already used that title today. So I had to settle for ASSoL.  Which is better, actually.

[GLENN] THRUSH: When [Sanders] puts his head on a pillow at night, do you think he goes to sleep a Democrat? CLINTON: [Laughs] Well, I can’t answer that, Glenn, because he’s a relatively new Democrat, and, in fact, I’m not even sure he is one. He’s running as one. So I don’t know quite how to characterize […]

As with William Shakespeare, born and died on the same calendar day.

And for me, it’s all about getting results. When I joined with parents and doctors and community leaders to take on the epidemic of children’s asthma right here in Harlem, it wasn’t about making a point; it was about making a difference. — Hillary Clinton, speaking at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, Mar. 30 When […]

It is leap year and Wall St. is having its usual discussion of which candidate will be better for the stock market. I do not know, but it is interesting to look at the historic record. Starting with Truman makes a good comparison as Republican and Democrats have served almost the same number of years […]

I have been promising to write something constructive and forward looking about how to undo the damaging effects of the 1996 welfare reform (which recently struck again). I don’t really have anything original to say. Mainly I endorse the proposal made by Irwin Garfinkel, David Harris, Jane Waldfogel and Christopher Wimer in a Century Foundation […]

Each won by 13.2%. ____ UPDATE: I posted his when 99% of the vote in each primary was counted.  Now, with 100% in both primaries counted, Cruz’s victory margin remains at 13.2%.  Sanders’s is 13.3%. Added 4/6 at 10:32 a.m.    

by Sandwichman Zero-Sum Foolery 1 of 4: Game Theory Gamesmanship It has become fashionable recently, in denunciations of the lump-of-labor fallacy, to appeal to the notion of a “zero-sum game” in addition to the customary allegation of a “fixed amount of work to be done.” In this manner, pseudo-intellectual poseurs can evoke the urgency and […]

Dan here:   Barkley Rosser adds to the conversation on housing rents following New Deal democrat’s post here by Barkley Rosser (Econospeak) Do Rising Rents, Especially For The Poor, Mean We Do Not Have A Housing Bubble? Aggregate housing prices in the US have recently been approaching the levels seen at the peak of the […]