John McCain has been involved in decisions made by both the Kerry and Bush campaigns recently. A couple of weeks ago McCain asked Bush to condemn the Swift Boat ads. Bush has repeatedly refused. Nevertheless, McCain has continued stumping for Bush, and is scheduled to make numerous campaign appearances with Bush in the Southwest over […]
… “Dumbass.” But the presidency is an instution that I genuinely respect. In any case, here’s our president: On environmental issues, Mr. Bush appeared unfamiliar with an administration report delivered to Congress on Wednesday that indicated that emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases were the only likely explanation for global warming over the […]
Hearty thanks to the Chef for his zesty servings of economics and politics. If, like me, you liked what you saw, be sure to get seconds and his permanent blog, Ragout. Cooking puns aside, I think he did a great job filling in and, based on the comments, my readers agree. AB
Postcards from Old Europe – Worker’s paradise quo vadis? The geriatric communist cabal that ran East Germany used to call the country a workers’s paradise. Just too bad that their vision of paradise was a little skewed – but what can one expect from atheists in this regard. Reunfication brought East Germans into the fold […]
10 Nobel Prize winning economists issued a statement endorsing John Kerry yesterday. The differences between President Bush and John Kerry with respect to leadership on the economy are wider than in any other Presidential election in our experience … President Bush’s fiscal irresponsibility threatens the long-term economic security and prosperity of our nation. They join […]
A while back, I criticized Hillary Clinton for arguing that national health insurance would create jobs. She wrote: American companies are outsourcing jobs to countries where the price of labor does not include health coverage, which costs Americans jobs and puts pressure on employers who continue to cover their employees at home. I pointed out […]
Chef Ragout’s Krugman vs. O’Reilly: Luskin Helps Referee (8/12/04 here) not only was another fine example of his keeping the Luskin Lie Squad in line but also discussed the Russert interview with Bill O’Reilly and Paul Krugman linking to this from Krugman’s archives. During this debate, O’Reilly tried to credit the late 90’s economic boom […]
Dear Republicans, Please stop saying “shadowy.” It’s really quite annoying. With Warm Regards, AB
From the Oregon Mail Tribune (wouldn’t it be nice if the NYT or WaPo could break one of these stories?): “He and another officer now say we weren’t under fire at that time,” [Robert] Lambert [a crew member on swift boat PCF-51 on the day in question, March 13, 1969] said Wednesday afternoon. “Well, I […]
The Census Bureau has just released its annual estimates of poverty, income, and health insurance coverage for the US in 2003. Some of the highlights: Real median household income fell by .1%, from $43,381 to $43,318 between 2002 and 2003. By contrast, in 2000, real median household income was $44,853. Real household income has therefore […]