You know, it's a thing that seems to be unique to American politics. Almost every democracy on the planet worth the name runs on deficit spending. And that's for the simple reason that no government can provide the kind of services...
I just wrote an article about how skillfully the Democrats had planned from day one to put a sleeper shell bill in place in the earliest days of the McCarthy Day Care Center, just so they could spring it at the...
This is almost too devilish to believe, but it just shows what happens when you have professionals running the agenda for a major political party. In the first four days of the new legislative session in January of 2023, while...
Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, so the Republicans are called to go back to their posture of threatening to wreck the global economy when deciding upon a budget and dealing with the issue of the debt ceiling. This...
Age, knowledge , and guile beat youth, inexperience, and a bad haircut every time   PJ O'Rourke The more things change, the more they stay the same   Snake Plissken  Escape From LA Here we go again. Just think of this little treatise...
You know, if you forget the humiliation of having to spend 8-10 hours a day for four straight days sitting in the well of the House, while the same 30 snakes kept rubbing your nose in your political impotence,...
An alliance of senior advocacy groups, progressive organizations, and labor unions demanded Wednesday that Congress quickly approve legislation to increase the debt limit without any conditions, warning the House GOP's pursuit of steep spending cuts is risking an "economic...

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has.

— Margaret Mead