Big Bird Was Born to Tweet! Yesterday, we heard from an 8’2″ affable, yellow bird, who just realized he may not have a job come January. This job seeker has a varied background including Linguist and Mathematics Coach, Skating Carhop, Singer, Dancer, Actor and, most recently, Social Media Maven. (hat tip Bright.com)
Jim Lehrer parody… Lehrer has defended his approach today. Of course, the debate format incentivizes particular behaviors for both men and their teams. Eyewitnesses tell their stories all over the web. What is yours?
by Kenneth Thomas Romney Tax Plan as Budget Busting as Ever Seriously, I could just re-post my February 27th post word for word tonight and it would be just as true as it was then. The Romney tax plan blows a $5 trillion hole in the budget via tax reductions and he still hasn’t told […]
by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Health Care Thoughts: Hospital Job Cuts and Job Gains I have been spending a great deal of time lately communicating with health care experts far above my modest standing, mostly on publishing projects and seminar scheduling for next year. One hot topic among the wired in folks is hospital layoffs, […]
Beverly Mann makes Scotusblog roundup again: Monday’s oral arguments in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum continued to generate press yesterday. Coverage of the arguments comes from Jess Bravin of the Wall Street Journal, Garrett Epps at The Atlantic, Alison Frankel at Thomson Reuters, Steven D. Schwinn at Constitutional Law Prof Blog, Trey Childress at PrawfsBlawg, Julia […]
by Mike Kimel The other day Ben Bernanke gave a speech in which he asked and answered five questions about the Fed: 1. What are the Fed’s objectives, and how is it trying to meet them?2. What’s the relationship between the Fed’s monetary policy and thefiscal decisions of the Administration and the Congress?3. What is the […]
by Rebecca Wilder Unemployment Rates Across the Euro Area – Tough Times in Key Markets Today Eurostat released its unemployment rate figures for the month of August. The Euro area unemployment rate held firm at 11.4% for the third consecutive month. Spain still has the highest unemployment rate in the euro area, 25.1%, and Greece […]
by Kenneth Thomas Conservative roots of Obamacare The pile-on continues. As I discussed in February, Stuart Butler of the Heritage Foundation wrote a breath-taking op-ed in USA Today (via Don Taylor) denying that he fathered the individual mandate. In fact, his revised 140-page research paper was published January 2, 1989, before President George HW Bush […]
by Kenneth Thomas Mitt Romney’s Unintentionally Hilarious Tax Return FAQ Unless you’ve been in a coma, you have certainly heard about Mitt Romney’s release of his 2011 tax returns last Friday. You no doubt know that he and his wife did not claim all the charitable tax deductions they were due, so their tax rate […]