FrumForum (formerly New Majority) has an article comparing the Republicans circa 2009 with Michael Foot’s Labour party. There are a lot of parallels. In the wake of Labour’s 1979 election defeat, the party entered into a period of prolonged crisis, … Continue reading →

Paul Krugman: I was startled last week when Mr. Obama, in an interview with Bloomberg News, questioned the case for limiting financial-sector pay: “Why is it,” he asked, “that we’re going to cap executive compensation for Wall Street bankers but … Continue reading →

Paul Krugman says that The debate over the public option has, as I said, been depressing in its inanity. and over at the New Majority, David Frum asked his contributors Tens of millions of Americans lack health insurance. Extending coverage … Continue reading →

Paul Krugman on Obama So Far. It is too early. If we held this conversation at the end of the year and health care reform has passed and the economy is recovering, then Obama is the new FDR. If health … Continue reading →

I read the more sensible conservative blogs so I can keep tabs on what they are saying about how the dems are doing. I don’t trust my ability – or the liberal media – to be sufficiently critical or dispassionate … Continue reading →

Those people protesting the death panels that will be deciding whether your grandma will have to be put down should be thankful that they don’t live in socialist Denmark where your grandma’s body parts might be recycled or used to … Continue reading →

By some guy on the internet:

In 2002, Santa Clara passed an initiative that raised a fee $20 per year per household for open spaces and recreation. It passed by a clear majority. Fast forward and a group (I think their official name is Mr and … Continue reading →

And so can you (with the LA Times’s handy-dandy online budget balancer) Here’s how I did it (I cover the last billion with borrowing): See the whole thing here.

Here’s a civic dilemma for you. Santa Clara wanted to set aside some open space for recreation and the general enjoyment of the people and put an initiative on the ballot to raise the funds. It passed. But the California … Continue reading →