Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Restoring Fiscal Sanity in the U.S.
Restoring Fiscal Sanity in the United States: A Way Forward
Bin Laden sought to bankrupt America
Bin Laden sought to bankrupt America (and nearly did)
Bin Laden sought to bankrupt America (and nearly did)
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National Gasoline Prices Chart
Excessive Leverage...
Excessive Leverage Helped Cause the Great Depression and the Current Crisis … And Government Responds by Encouraging MORE Leverage
Why Didn’t We Kill Him 10 Years Ago?
Bin Laden Is Dead … But Why Didn’t We Kill Him 10 Years Ago?
Monday, May 2, 2011
FLASHBACK: Bush On Bin Laden:
FLASHBACK: Bush On Bin Laden: ‘I Really Just Don’t Spend That Much Time On Him’
Friday, April 29, 2011
Leaders Failing toSee Catastrophe Coming
Thursday, April 28, 2011
...Because They Don't Work As Hard
Sally Kern: Minorities Earn Less Because They Don't Work As Hard
File Under: Failure
File Under: Failure
How did Obama's effort to make government more transparent go so wrong?
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
CIty Changes Name For Promotion
"Beginning at 1 p.m. Wednesday, the city of Altoona will change its name to "POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," after the latest film by sarcastic documentarian Morgan Spurlock.
The city is changing its name for 60 days to make some money — and to help Spurlock make a point about the proliferation of advertising in American life.
POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD, Pa. (AP) — About 31,000 central Pennsylvanians will soon be living in a joke."
medical error rates
First glimpse at medical error rates separates the good, the bad and the ugly
Evolution of language Babel or babble?
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Heaven Can Wait
"The inability to think critically underlies many of our cultural wars. Nearly all the great ethical challenges facing society today are exacerbated to some extent by rapid advances in science and technology. Current political, religious and educational institutions are improperly armed to address the moral consequences ensuing from scientific achievements. In any society dominated by religion and religious morality, technology often proceeds at a pace greater than society's ability to address the associated moral dilemmas."
Former NASA administrator Dan Goldin, while defending funding for the space agency, was famously asked, "Why are we building meteorological satellites when we have the Weather Channel?"Read more at www.huffingtonpost.com
Monday, April 25, 2011
An Opposition Party, Not a Coalition
We're Not Broke. We've Been Robbed!
Read more at www.huffingtonpost.comWe're not broke, but the wealth grab is wrecking our economy. The rich can't spend enough to keep the economy going. The engine that drives it is a strong middle class. The problem isn't that we haven't generated wealth, it's that we've stopped sharing the wealth we've generated. If wages had kept up with productivity over the past 30 years, the median wage would be 60% higher than it is now. If income had increased at the same rate for everyone from 1979 to 2006, the average family would make about $10,000 more a year, but the top 1% would make $700,000 less.
Fed's Deceptive Public Records Policies
Bernanke's Press Conferences Will Not Remedy the Fed's Corrupt and Deceptive Public Records Policies
"Middle Ground" of Budget Debate
Why Are the Republicans Afraid of Obama?
Build Wealth -- Unless You Really Need
The Government Will Help You Build Wealth -- Unless You Really Need the Help
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Boomers Supporting Boomerang Kids
Boomers Supporting Boomerang Kids: A Positive Trend or Not?