All the fuss still ignores main driver of popularity says Steve Korniak at Salon: That’s because, for all the talk about whether he gave away too much on healthcare or…

…Simpson said “We are going to stick to the big three,” meaning Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. His sentiments haven’t changed. (Rdan here…the transcript reads faster than the talk. I…

…recessions. Note: the current recession has not officially been dated as having ended, but June or July 2009 is the “whisper” talk for now. I will simply call Q3 2009…

…followed the classic Peterson Foundation talking points—government bad, ‘business’ good—but ultimately led to a nostalgic reminiscence for the good old days when Americans faced debtors prisons and had no sense…

…the Chicago School and Milton Friedman acolytes who talk of “free markets” as though markets exist in vaccum tubes unaffected by the social, cultural and legal context around them. Debunking…

No, not that anyone should pay her $15,000-$30,000 to talk to teenagers about why they should be abstinent. (Short version: “As with my mother, I wasn’t, and look what I’m…

…why virtually all leaders of great universities talk about diversity and access. Yep. Elena Kagan is All About Diversity. At least Edley is consistent: Dean Edley rolls embarrassingly off the…

…talk of Griffith-Evans as a ‘predatory borrower.’ ” Working solely from the information as provided by Mr. Cashill, let us test the validity of his hypothesis, assuming the “traditionalist” were…

…medicare requirements. But if you talk about taxing the rich, the response is always that this will “kill competitiveness” and “make the country poorer because there will be less investment.”…

by Bruce Webb I mention from time to time that I talk with a number of D.C. policy types about Social Security, but mostly don’t use names because the conversations…