FlyingSpit

In my completely unscientific opinion, possibly influenced by Facebook, natalism is making a comeback. Even if we've seen hundreds or t...

I haven't written much in this space about the Republican Presidential primaries (or anything else for that matter) but the momentarily ...

More an addendum to the last post, especially regarding to the connection between monetary policy and fiscal policy. David Frum has gotten...

There's been very little direct debate about monetary policy in American political culture, but the undercurrents of it are everywhere. ...

The Republicans’ plan looks pretty ugly, but I do not see any plausible alternatives. And I see one big opportunity: This is the chance to p...

I wouldn’t mind this bilge nearly as much if Ed Schultz showed the slightest bit of talent or style in spewing it. - Jonah Goldberg One thi...

"Public servants, public service users and the poor are going to pay most of the price for the slash and burn Emergency Budget." -...

Some guy has been involved in politics and political activism in some fashion for the past decade ranging from work on poverty issues, incre...

My theory of the ruling class is that it comes from the lower right quadrant. That is, people who are highly educated but lacking in useful ...

Since the health care vote, David Frum has written a much-circulated piece on his site where he criticizes the conservative/Republican stra...

Oh, wait--suddenly it doesn't seem quite fair that Republicans could just ignore the will of their constituents that way, does it? Yet I...

For example, I asked about a topic that is on many peoples' minds right now: sovereign debt problems. The near-term deficit is basicall...

The sad fact is that there's not much to be done for the long term unemployed, other than the obvious step of making sure that they don...