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Katrina and Psychology

…Katrina will cause some supply disruptions in the gasoline and oil markets in the US – whether due to lost refinery capacity, damaged port and transportation infrastructure, or damaged petroleum…

Moving On

…For the first time, an infrastructure of public thought, research, discourse, and debate on the left has begun to take shape. And we accomplished this in just two years. I…

Budget stances

…term budget includes $100 billion in infrastructure spending offset by what is effectively $1 trillion in new tax revenues resulting from the elimination of a batch of tax deductions, and…

There’s a Palpable Fear Amongst Kansans, All Across That State, That the Farm Subsidy Levels They Love, and Cherish, and Honor, Will Be Reduced or that the Program Will Be Eliminated. (Or, in light of their senior senator’s comments earlier this week, there should be.)

…enacted when they were in their 20s and 30s may not cherish and honor the Dust Bowl era all that much. Some of them may fear collapsing infrastructure, and a…