Yearly Archive: 2017
Trump Continues To Alienate Important Allies – The End Of The American Century?
I’m not sure Jared Kushner is getting the job done as the de-facto manager of foreign relations for the Trump administration....
Trumpcare And Budget Are Ready Made Ads For Democrats; Use Them Now
The Trump budget is an horrific proposal and there are plenty of experts who have spent the last day documenting the...
Trump May Have Already Lost Republicans In Congress
We are less than two months into the Trump presidency and it looks like he may have already lost the Republican...
GOP Talks About Lowering Health Care Costs, But Doesn't Really Mean It
The Republicans continually rant and rave about bringing down the cost health care. Of course, their answer is, as always, “more...
Studies Find Lower Inflation Rate For High Incomes, With Implications For Public Policy
There is a fascinating story over on EquitableGrowth about two new studies that show another negative side-effect of massive income inequality....
Conservatives In US And UK Risk All By Making Policy Without Knowing Impacts
I hope we can all admit that conservatism, despite its lip service to the contrary, now has absolutely no interest in...
Stopping Trumpcare Will Derail GOP Legislative Plans, Even Ryan Admits
Josh Marshall at TPM makes the important point that the next few weeks will be critical in deciding whether Republicans will be able...
Emails Indicate Monsanto Wrote The "Independent" Academic Research On Roundup
The New York Times has a story today on one of my most despised products, Roundup, made by Monsanto. Roundup is...