This commentary reads as if it was published or posted in 2024. The date on it is September 30 which makes it relevant for what is occurring now and recently. But without the updates we would normally see, the detail may have changed somewhat as Angry Bear’s New Deal democrat points out in each commentary […]
It appears the news media or the media in general has finally woke up and are resisting the Tr_mp administration demands. Petey was pushing for the media to report only what Petey wants them to report. That went no where. I believe Nixon was pushing for similar during the Vietnam conflict. Friends, the Sleeping Giant […]
Writer friend from Slate’s “The Best of the Fray” before Slate commercialized it and limited access. The hundred or so of us would have group get-togethers in NYC and other places. A bunch of academia from the US. Mostly liberal in beliefs with a few conservatives thrown into the mix. Angry Bear commenter “Jack: was […]
I took constitutional law from Richard Fallon in the mid-1990s, and he subsequently became my favorite legal theorist. I am currently in the middle of his latest – and unfortunately last – book: The Changing Constitution: Constitutional Law in the Trump-Era Supreme Court. Fallon does a masterful job situating current doctrinal developments at the Court […]
I was wondering where Joel my fellow writer was today. Normally when I get up out here in Arizona, I see his words. I thought perhaps he was ill. Not so . . . As I read one of his comments elsewhere from yesterday, Joel is out doing what many of us should be doing […]
Looks like cuts in Government workforce has taken place. Not a large number. Trump and Vought decided to cut workforce during the government shutdown. “Trump’s promised shutdown layoffs lead to at least 4,200 cuts at seven agencies,” Government Executive The Trump administration began issuing significant layoffs on Friday, the White House budget director said, following […]
Letters from an American “October 10, 2025” All of President Donald J. Trump’s lobbying for the Nobel Peace Prize came to naught today as the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year’s prize to María Corina Machado of Venezuela. Machado has led a movement to challenge Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, President Nicolás Maduro. The committee cited “her […]
The U.S.-Born labor force will shrink over the next decade: Achieving historically ‘normal’ GDP growth rates will be impossible, unless immigration flows are sustained Economic Policy Institute Reduction of net immigration flows would lead to much slower labor force and GDP growth If we assume that any changes in population levels do not change labor […]
According to Word Press, this is a 30-minute read. I believe it will take you longer to read if you are going to absorb anything from this review. It is well written. I am going to leave the explanation of each section to Zetland. I am sure Economist David Zetland spent more than 30 minutes […]
As a commentary goes, I consider this one to be a good one.It is on target with what we are facing today. Whisky Pete’s Triumph Of The Swill, Bad Crow Review As fascist productions go, the Whisky Pete and Trump show fell well short of the standards established by Albert Speer and Leni Riefenstahl. An auditorium full of stony-faced […]