Day: November 9, 2011

I think it’s safe to say the presidential campaign of Texas Gov. Rick Perry is coming to an end… Rick Perry’s performances in virtually all of the Republican presidential debates has been downright awful, and I think tonight’s flub is another nail in his campaign’s coffin. Update: And there’s this…

I simply cannot do better than this.

A lot has been written recently about the growth of income inequality in America.  A CBO report and even a cover story on Foreign Affairs entitled The Broken Contract explore the extent to which income inequality has grown over the last 30 years.  But now comes a study from the Federal…

Marshall Auerback, a portfolio strategist and hedge fund manager, deliberates on a core deficiency of modern financial capitalism and the impact to the Eurozone.

You can find reads about Joe Paterno and the Penn St program all over the internet, but here is a good one from Dave Zirin. After forty-six seasons coaching at Penn State University, coach Joe Paterno now faces a crisis that could burn the storied football program to the ground….

Seems Big Pharma is so desperate to defend Herman Cain that he’ll attack a 13 year old.   Oh, to those a bit confused right now, “Big Pharma” is a nickname for Rush Limbaugh.  (Thanks Duncan. . . I forgot you used that nickname for Rush.) Meanwhile, back in politics, that…

The “job creators” are complaining that they can’t find “good people” to hire.  Really?

This years ” Gas on Fire” award goes to none other than Wisconsin’s own Mark Block who, in a miserably failed attempt to divert attention from Herman Cains increasingly disturbing troubles, decides to just make some stuff up. One can only hope that candidate Cain will keep Mr. Block on as his campaign…

What is it with Mediterranean countries these days?

Good news for Democrats in Ohio.  With the defeat of SB5, the momentum in the state clearly favors the Democrats going into 2012.  And new polling from Public Policy Polling demonstrates that.