It’s not about the budget; it’s about the power...So will the attack on unions succeed? I don’t know. But anyone who cares about retaining government of the people by the people should hope that it doesn’t.

In short, it's a great economy if you're a high-level corporate executive or someone who owns a lot of stock. For most other Americans, economic growth is a spectator sport.

America's political landscape is infested with many zombie ideas - beliefs about policy that have been repeatedly refuted with evidence and analysis but refuse to die. The most prominent zombie is the insistence that low taxes on rich people are the key to prosperity.

...instead it seems that business - like weight loss - is a subject wherein hope and fear inspire limitless gullibility.

As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren't looking for.

The real danger with debt is what happens if lots of people decide, or are forced, to pay it off at the same time.

The party of ideas has become the party of Beavis and Butthead.