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Obama’s FY 2011 Budget

…Bush administration. But even though Bush began two wars of choice (Iraq and Afghanistan), which tends to make the military-industrial complex happy and sometimes also creates more jobs as soldiers…

Tanker Saga, Continued

…country’s interest. The new tankers are needed to replace the current Eisenhower-era planes. With the United States engaged in two wars and countless other missions around the globe, the Obama…

Score the War

…Why insist that Health Care be budget neutral and come in below some arbitrary target? Why did we even allow these wars to be funded with Supplementals and never received…

Brad DeLong is Correct

…example of “crossing the line” one of your reporters making a statement of fact: “We can incur all sorts of federal deficits for wars and what not,” Raju Narisetti wrote…

Editorial policy

…of economics both theoretical and real world, domestic and world trade, and taxes, law, politics, global warming, water, and of course our ‘wars’ on a policy and human level. However,…

Silly relief for this wonk

…22 June 2009 Monday Morning Smile Indian Chief Two Eagles was asked by a white government official, “You have observed the white man for 90 years. You’ve seen his wars