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Budget announcement 10:00 AM today

…and other entitlements. Meanwhile, POLITICO has more details: Education spending will increase 11% next year. Foreign wars will cost $118 billion. CNBC’s John Harwood also notes that the budget will…

What IR can learn from the NHL

…they do not jump into wars without a strategy, a purpose, and a plan). This leaves the Arab League, which has several members—Egypt, Lebanon, Somalia, Bahrain, Iraq, Libya (being the…

My Governor, as usual, Fails Math

…who do the Blue Staters think will pay for all their wars and welfare? *Non-hedge fund financial services talent, that is. They generally live and work in Connecticut, from which…

Tax cuts and deficit commissions

…for years, a process that was carred to extremes under Bush to fund the Bush tax cuts and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Source: OMB via Huffington Post Why doesn’t…