Grassley Won't Stand In the Way Of Lame Duck Hearings For Garland
Chuck Grassley, Senator from Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, indicated in a speech earlier this week that he...
Yearly Archive: 2016
Spain May Need 3rd Election To Get Government
It’s looking more and more like Spain will need yet a third election in order to produce a result that is...
Trump's Mexican Foray Fails
I guess we will have to wait for the polls to tell us how Donald Trump’s trip to Mexico and his...
SCOTUS Refuses To Overturn Decision To Block North Carolina Voting Restrictions
In another victory for voting rights, the Supreme Court today split 4-4 on a request from North Carolina to grant a...
Fed Graph Of Future Fed Funds Rate Only Hurts Their Credibility
Sometimes you really have to wonder what is going on at the Fed. They recently released their projections for the Fed...
Confusing Moves Indicate Fissures In Iranian Leadership
I am not expert on Iranian internal politics but it does seem like there must be some kind of internal battle...
Industry Contaminates And Taxpayers Foot The Bill
Two unrelated items in the NY Times today show once again that taxpayers continue to have to pick up the tab...
End Of An Era For Grandstand Court At US Open
Yesterday marked the end of an era. It was actually supposed to have ended last September, but we were thankfully given...
Median Household Income Rose In 2015
It looks like 2015 was finally a good year for middle class incomes. Early estimates are that the median household income...
Trump May Be Paul Ryan's Undoing
Donald Trump may end up becoming Paul Ryan’s undoing, despite Ryan’s continued backing of Trump. A remote possibility would be that...