Today at Readercon, my wife participated on a Necrology panel. (“Those we’ve lost this year…”) An audience member mentioned that Tom Disch wrote an episode of Miami Vice, featuring James…

…this important topic. I am hoping he gives a few history lessons along the way. Tom Bozzo, an economist, publishes at Marginal Utility on a variety of issues. Ken Houghton,…

The Washington Times notes that DeLay declares victory in war on budget fat: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that Republicans have done so well in cutting spending that…

While this story covers the $3100 increase in Congressional pay, let’s go to the end of the article: “It’s not a pay raise,” said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas….

by Linda Beale Economic Terrorism: the Tea Party/GOP’s Hostage Taking Plan (Tom Tomorrow’s “Giant Killer Robots”) As the New York Times reported on Saturday: Stohlberg, A Federal Budget Crisis Months…

…in the form of pay or time off with pay. They go to the few who may own the company, stockholders, etc. Tom was footnoted. That Tom was recognized is…

[T]here is probably no one more gung ho for Obamacare repeal than [Senate Republican nominee] Tom Cotton. He talks about it all the time. So he obviously would roll back…

…of Bowie’s oeuvre had provided a level of patronage that’s inconceivable for a musician of Bowie’s bent today…he spent the Nineties as a free agent, jumping from label to label,…

…high cost of American health care. I begin by explaining the origin and meaning of the “single payer” label. I will then describe the two defects in S 1129 in…

…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…