The Bush Years Were a Lost Decade
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have written about this several times before, but the Washington Post is just catching up: there was zero net job growth over the past decade. Massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy failed to grow the economy and to create jobs, disproving and discrediting the almost religious faith of "supply-side" … Read more
Other cities tax rents? Who knew?
by David Safier First, I really dislike the thought of a tax on rents. Not because we don't need more money in the city coffers. We do. I dislike it because there have to be ways to direct a new tax/revenue source at those who can best afford it, not at renters who don't tend … Read more
Has FOX topped itself?
by David Safier I simply would not have believed this if I hadn’t seen it. The Washinton Monthly blog spotlighted a comment about Tiger Woods by Brit Hume on FOX. Here’s Hume’s money quote: “The extent to which he can recover seems to me depends on his faith. He is said to be a Buddhist. … Read more
I. Am. In. Awe.
by David Safier A possible recall drive directed at Romero, Uhlich and Walkup. It's front page news in today's Star. These folks have us so outflanked on the PR front, it's amazing. Think of it. During the lull between last November's elections and the primary campaigns, which don't get much media attention until June or … Read more
Frost chose the other path
by David Safier A NY Times blog post says that Robert Frost taught an 8th grade class in a Massachusetts Grammar School in 1893. His qualifications? Well, at 17 years of age, having recently dropped out of Dartmouth College before he finished his first semester, he didn't have many. But that was typical of the … Read more
