…a clear empirical conclusion: based on these numbers the clearly superior approach to Social Security (and the last entitlements commission-Kerrey-Danforth) in 1994 has been a plan of ‘Nothing’. Addressing Social…

…for us to make the tough choices that we know we need to make. I applaud President Obama for his creation of the Deficit Commission so we can start the…

by Bruce Webb The Ryan Budget Roadmap was introduced in January, and then sank like a stone. But with Ryan’s appointment to the Catfood Commission it and its author have…

by Beverly Mann originally posted at The Annarborist Elena Kagan vs. Pat Lykos Dahlia Lithwick, in Slate writes: At the Citizens United [v. Federal Election Commission] argument last fall, Roberts…

…head of the bailout watchdog commission, I can’t think of a better person to head the agency. One suspects that Geithner is concerned about a gradual erosion of the power…

…1393 (Jun. 21, 2010), available for free at tax.com, here. There’s also a brief explanatory video by Johnston, here. This pipeline policy stems from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and…

…authority to detain people merely because they show signs of future dangerousness?” —Dahlia Lithwick, “Detention Slip: The Obama administration wants to hold terrorists. Did SCOTUS just give them a green…

…the wake of the Enron meltdown. The measure gave authority to the Securities and Exchange Commission to designate, regulate and investigate rating companies. The law also prohibits notching, the threat…

…not move” BS. This is just one of several examples where, in my opinion, Woods is careful not to lie by commission. But readers will read it and conclude something…

…the number series above and convened a Social Security Commission that still relied heavily on the rhetoric of crisis and ‘we can’t afford to wait’. Well the hell we couldn’t,…