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Comments section misbehaving

The comments section (js kit) is not registering correctly at the comment label but are actually being left…please click on comments to take you to the whole post page and…

SOCIAL SECURITY: IT’S JUST MATH

Update: By Dale Coberly (was inadvertently omitted as author, although regulars know and the label names him) SOCIAL SECURITY: IT’S JUST MATH or how to lie with numbers “Math doesn’t…

Confusion and language American Style

…governance of a country, including carrying out economic planning notwithstanding the ‘free market’ label.[1] I would suggest that the social structures referred to as “liberal”, “neoliberal”, “conservative” and “neoconservative” and…

GINNI THOMAS v. CLARENCE THOMAS

…of the government’s authority to label information it has as a “state secret” and thus to prevent its disclosure in court. It will do so, though, only in a narrow…

The hypocrisy of most deficit discussions

by Linda Beale crossposted with Ataxingmatter The hypocrisy of most deficit discussions Congress seems incapable of setting aside electioneering rhetoric and talking straight about taxes and deficits. The GOP claims…

Politically Feasible Stimulus

…get no political benefit from the bill. If it passes people won’t believe that they cut payroll taxes. Only a check in the mail will convince many many US voters…