– by New Deal democrat One of the main reasons I include the last two years when I write about initial and continued jobless claims is that a distinct unresolved post-pandemic seasonality has developed. Even after seasonal adjustment, claims have tended to rise in the late spring towards the summer, and then decline beginning in late […]
by New Deal democrat From Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: “… [O]ur fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can […]
David Zetland, “The one-handed economist “Sometimes you just want the answer” Review: “Seeing Like a State,” The one-handed economist I read this 1998 book by James C. Scott (1936-2024) while I was in graduate school (maybe 20 years ago). I loved it then and — after re-reading it recently — I love it now. This is one of my top […]
It has been a while since I put something up concerning the Supreme Court commonly called SCOTUS and their decisions. This is one case, I guess one could call this a railroading by the Trump administration. Making quick decisions and do not give enough time for the accused to respond to allegations before action is […]
– by Joyce Vance @ Civil Discourse The stakes are high, even though the Supreme Court won’t be deciding, at least not yet, whether Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship is constitutional. Tomorrow (written on May 14), the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the Birthright Citizenship Case, Trump v. Casa, Inc. We’re here because Donald […]
Live coverage as Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks with Dean William M. Treanor as a part of the 2025 Graduating Class at Georgetown Law. Certainly, worth listening too. I do not agree with some of the conclusions the majority has reached. The John Roberts court created cover for this President giving him they […]
Being XMilitary (Sgt. E-5 USMC) does not give me a pulpit from which to demean those who were not involved in the late sixties. I think at times those who fled the country to avoid military service were brave. More than likely, they would never be able to return to the US and they gave […]
May 2 and Prof. Heather has an on-target piece on the direction Trump and his team are heading. Smoke and mirrors to distort reality and install a false version of reality as the truth. Create confusion to cover up. Lie and create false scenarios. Things seem to align when you wish to quell resistance and […]
Similar was a part of the Red scare of the fifties when McCarthyism was the political(?) flavor of the day. The idea was to instill hysteria promulgating over a perceived threat posed to the U.S. during the Cold War. Not so much the fear of communists today. What is occurring is a range of actions […]
The Age of Dis-Enlightenment “It takes an ignorant man to lead an ignorant throng,” w/ deepest apologies to Woody, the Kingston Trio et al. Dumb — yeah but, they are the epitome of dis-enlightenmenters. Dissers here, there, everywhere back during The Age of Enlightenment. But, then was 200-350 years ago when it was new and […]