by Bruce Webb (UPDATE: Digby readers, I want to make it clear that I am not NewDealDemocrat, I just got permission to cross-post this important compilation from NDD.) Blog friend…

by Bruce Webb It is a very common trope among the Right to claim that Obama is a Socialist. For Progressives with any awareness of modern history and politics this…

by Bruce Webb This figure shows graphically the outcomes for the OAS (black line) and DI (gray line) under the three alternative scenarios Low Cost (I), Intermediate Cost (II), and…

by Bruce Webb A quick hit for Super Bowl Sunday. Certain opponents of Social Security claim their goal is ‘sustainable solvency’ which is in practice defined as reducing the flow…

by Bruce Webb Would that have been a fair headline for the following story: Richard Shelby Puts Hold On President Obama’s Nomineesl? Because the facts are pretty clear, Shelby placed…

by Bruce Webb Well it looks like we are going to get a Deficit Commission and one way or another Social Security will be on the table. But what exactly…

by Bruce Webb Geekery below the fold. Steve Jobs was a little hyperbolic in his language yesterday which led some people to laugh. Well there are reasons he is a…

UPDATE: datacharmer at Bluematter thinks visually. Bruce, yesterday: Unless you have had the experience of using an advanced smartphone it is hard to explain how transforming it is to have…

by Bruce Webb I’m serious. But out of mercy towards those who want to reach for sharp objects every time they see a Mac/PC ad, whether that be to hurt…

by Bruce Webb (Update-something in this doesn’t look quite right. The over all argument is right but something is amiss down in the post. Bonus points if you find it…