Ann Arbor-born economist and historian Bruce Bartlett, who served as domestic policy advisor to Ronald Reagan, and in the Treasury under George H.W. Bush, joined Chris Mathews on MSNBC’s Hardball yesterday, talking about the true origins of our nation’s current deficit. It should be required viewing for all Americans… Here’s the video, followed by an […]
Posted in Economics, Politics | Also tagged Bruce Bartlett, budget deficit, Bush tax cuts, capital gains, Chris Mathews, deficit, Hardball, Iraq war, MSNBC, Obama is a Socialist, prescription drug bill, supply side, tax the rich, taxes |
With tomorrow’s launch of the Space Shuttle, the age of manned space exploration, after more than 50 years, will officially draw to a close in America. It’s a sad day, and I think that it speaks volumes concerning where we are as a country. The optimism that we once had as a nation is gone. […]
Posted in Education, Science | Also tagged anti-intellectualism, big bang, budget cuts, creationism, dumbing down of America, Gene Cernan, Iraq, James Webb Space Telescope, JFK, Jim Lovell, John F. Kennedy, NASA, Neil Armstrong, putting a man on the moon, research funding, space race, tax the rich, Whitey on the Moon |
By Mark | October 6, 2010
It’s being reported by the Washington Post that high-level talks between the Karzai government and the Taliban are taking place in Afghanistan on the possibility of a negotiated end to the war. Here, with what I consider to be a brilliant take on this very positive development is former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. As […]
Two fucked up things happened yesterday. First, it was revealed that our government cannot account for over 95% of the $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money that was captured with the intent of using it to rebuild the decimated nation. And, the very same day this was made public by our government, members of the […]
By Mark | January 21, 2010
Last night, I posted a video here by Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig about the importance of getting corporate money out of politics. At the time, I agreed with the professor that corporations had way too much influence over American politics. Since I posted it, however, things have gotten considerably worse. This morning, the U.S. Supreme […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Free Speech, Observations, Politics | Also tagged Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, banking reform, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, Chuck Schumer, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Constitutional amendments, corporations, corporations are not people, corporations are people too, defense contractors, election finance reform, Free Speech, get the money out of Washington, John Roberts, Lawrence Lessig, lobbying, McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, money in politics, Obama, personhood, public funding of elections, Supreme Court, the surge |
