There are certain thoughts that are de rigueur in every State of the Union Address. Honor is paid to our men and women in
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Playing chicken with the debt ceiling: So dangerous, even Reagan wouldn’t go there
$18.9 billion. That’s what the 2011 debt-limit standoff and the threatened U.S. credit default will be costing taxpayers in higher interest payments over the
10 almost-certain predictions for 2013
1. No team will win hockey’s Stanley Cup because the season will be completely wiped out. As frequently is the case, it will be
Obama sees the poor as well as the middle class
Shortly after assuming the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson announced his commitment to a war on poverty. That
To limit filibusters, invoke NFL challenge rule
As a number of pundits, such as John Nichols of The Nation are saying, we need to reform the filibuster system in the U.S.
Our recent history of “Voting Wars”
“Procedures and equipment vary from county to county, with the result that voters’ chances of casting a vote in a statewide election that will
Advice to freshman Senators: Keep a low profile
Lawrence O’Donnell, host of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” truly insulted me and most of his viewers recently. He asked us to leave to room,
Extreme gerrymandering: Coming to a state near you?
Americans woke up on November 7 having elected a Democratic president, expanded the Democratic majority in the Senate, and preserved the Republican majority in
Lame duck: Obama’s not-so-grand bargain
According to a leaked memo provided by Bob Woodward on last Sunday’s Meet the Press with David Gregory, Obama’s first try at a “Grand
Robert Reich on how to reduce the deficit
In a recent blog post, Robert Reich points out that Obama won re-election, so he needs to aim much higher on the upcoming budget