What we’ve observed these past two years is a political party that knows nothing but scorched earth tactics, cannot begin to see any merits in the other party’s arguments, refuses to compromise one inch on anything, and has sought from the very beginning to do nothing but destroy the Obama presidency. I see no other… Continue reading The Dickishness Of The GOP
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Defining Structural Unemployment
As far as I can tell, the only economists who believe that we’re suffering largely from a rise in structural unemployment are those who are ideologically committed to the view that the demand side of the economy doesn’t matter — and so by definition, in their universe, any large rise in unemployment must be structural.… Continue reading Defining Structural Unemployment
All we wanted was to be left alone to govern ourselves
the Sons of Confederate Veterans and some of its local chapters are preparing various television commercials that they hope to show next year. “All we wanted was to be left alone to govern ourselves,” says one ad from the group’s Georgia Division. From NYTimes.com Can we reduce the transfer of money from blue states to… Continue reading All we wanted was to be left alone to govern ourselves
A seven-point plan to save Obama’s presidency
Mr. President—please talk to us! Four long weeks since the midterm elections, and there has been no significant communication from you about your understanding of why the electorate was unhappy—or how you plan to proceed. From Slate Eliot Spitzer should be Obama’s Chief of Staff.
Learned Helplessness
It’s true that if you bought completely into rational-expectations macroeconomics, the crisis in the economy should be causing a crisis in your faith — although as far as I can tell, the freshwater types remain smugly convinced of their rightness. But those of us who hadn’t forgotten Keynes, who paid attention to things like Japan’s… Continue reading Learned Helplessness
China’s Politburo Ordered Hack of Google
The Chinese government, which has been thought for some time to have been the source of the hacking of Google’s servers, leading to Google’s departure from China, directed attacks on the company’s web servers, according to diplomatic cables disclosed today by WikiLeaks. From Andy Plesser: China’s Politburo Ordered Hack of Google, WikiLeaks Reveals Is this… Continue reading China’s Politburo Ordered Hack of Google
Sarah Palin TV show jumps the Grizzly
40 Percent ratings drop. Median age of the show is 57.
A report on the symbiotic relationship between far-right extremists and the Tea Parties
A couple of months ago I traveled out to Montana as part of a project examining how the extremist right – particularly the Patriot movement – has embedded itself within the Tea Party movement, particularly on a local level in rural areas where elements of the 1990s militia movement were still lurking. From Crooks and… Continue reading A report on the symbiotic relationship between far-right extremists and the Tea Parties
What is a family? Chart Of The Day
From Pew: Catherine Rampell hopes that “Pew continues to ask this particular question in the future”: It’ll be interesting to see how the evolving definitions of such social terms affect how Americans think about the social safety net and related economy policies. The whole report, which takes a look at the state of marriage and… Continue reading What is a family? Chart Of The Day
Joe Barton’s climate report was plagiarized
The Texas Republican asked a statistician to cast doubts on climate science From Joe Barton’s climate report was plagiarized – War Room – Salon.com Anyone shocked that the guy who apologized to BP isn’t an honest actor in the climate debate?