Read Me Kash wrote a great post on Saturday, which tends to be a slower traffic day. Then I came along and wrote a bunch of long posts, pushing his…

…a while. A number of people have nominated Orcinus’ The Political and the Personal for Best Post, which truly is a great post and shows why Dave belongs in the…

…went to great lengths to avoid referencing the steel industry. How great were the lengths? I report, you decide: “It’s great to be back in Knowledge City, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,” Bush…

…Global trade war leading to a Great Depression? (Instigated, or at least exacerbated by Hoover’s signing of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930) Based on Kash’s last two posts, on…

…Then the hammer strikes: But in December 2000 Clark, on NBC’s “Today” show, had called Rumsfeld “an inspired choice. He’s got great experience, he’s got great international stature, he knows…

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I’m Back! The vacation was great, though I’ve lost track of current events somewhat. Fortunately, reading the bloggers on the left (that is, the left panel of this web page)…

…Day ___” that links to most of the media coverage (a great deal of it right-wing) on the issue. A great deal of that coverage (much of it from the…

…a high of around 24% just before the Great Depression to a low of about 9% in the late 1970s. Since then, it has soared all the way back to…

…can leak out in tax rate cuts to line the pockets of the wealthy heirs, the overpaid CEOs, and the banksters that caused the worst economic recession since the Great…