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Trump Gets Real About the UN Dec. 27, 2017
Following the U.N. General Assembly vote condemning the United States' recognition of Jerusalem as t... Read More
Republicans Have Reformed Taxes; Will They Fix 1970s Budget Rules Next? Dec. 22, 2017
The Republicans have passed their tax bill, without a single Democratic vote, despite low to dismal ... Read More
Understanding Republicans Dec. 02, 2017
It's important for us to remember that even though President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, successf... Read More
Do You Really Want a Shrunken SSA? Sep. 13, 2017
I sure am glad President Trump isn't considering me to be the new head of the Social Security Admini... Read More
Washington Heads Toward September Storm Aug. 09, 2017
No reasonable person can absolutely predict that a major hurricane will or will not hit the United S... Read More
The Trump Budget Aug. 02, 2017
Remember President Trump's "terrible" budget cuts? "Promises Little but Pain," warned The New York T... Read More
GOP Budget: Deficit Spending 'a Sin;' We'll Do It 9 More Years Aug. 02, 2017
The House Budget Committee has approved a budget that declares deficit spending "a sin," makes a pow... Read More
Should Taxes Fund PBS? Jun. 14, 2017
In 2010, the Republicans took control of the House; in 2014, the Senate; and, in 2016, the White Hou... Read More
The Battle of Budget Ideas Rages On Jun. 01, 2017
Love it or hate it, the recently proposed 2018 federal budget is dead on arrival. Some say that's be... Read More
Trump Budget Fixes Our Broken Culture May. 31, 2017
George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen has just published a timely new book, "The Complacent ... Read More
Trump Budget Revives American Work Ethic May. 31, 2017
Hillary Clinton bashes President Trump's budget proposal for its "unimaginable level of cruelty." Al... Read More
President Trump's Growth Budget May. 30, 2017
When Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney unveiled President Trump's new budget, h... Read More
The Praying Mantis Explains Today's Politics May. 27, 2017
To understand the bizarre political era in which we live, let us recall the mating rituals of the pr... Read More
Pros and Cons of Trump's Budget and Cons of Dem Demagoguery May. 26, 2017
Demagoguery and propaganda are enemies of good governance, but nowhere is that more apparent than in... Read More
Trump's Budget: A Slow Boat to Ruin May. 25, 2017
Donald Trump's first budget proposal is a brazen mix of ideology and dishonesty, seasoned with irres... Read More
Trump's Budget to Preserve the Swamp? May. 25, 2017
President Donald Trump's first budget proposal is finally out, and it boldly promises to deliver a "... Read More
Enact Trump's Spending Cuts May. 24, 2017
"It balances in the 10th year." That is what White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mi... Read More
Kitchen Ideas May. 03, 2017
Designing your dream kitchen within budget or space confines is challenging. And when you must conte... Read More
Will GOP Fund Planned Parenthood But Not Border Wall? Apr. 26, 2017
When Donald Trump stood in the lobby of Trump Tower on June 16, 2015 and announced he was running fo... Read More
The Coming Fiscal Binge Mar. 30, 2017
William Safire said that as a speechwriter for Richard Nixon, he would sometimes urge the president,... Read More
