Monstrous GOP, Part the 3,216th

I continue to be at a loss as to how any decent person, with even the slightest bit of concern...

Obama Takes the Lead on Climate Change

President Obama’s speech last week (video, transcript) on climate change was important in all kinds of ways.  The steps he’s...

Cohn: Anatomy of a Bogus Obamacare Argument

Obamacare exchange premiums in California were published a few weeks ago, and the news was good.  Premiums are significantly lower...

Fed Chair Bernanke: Congress, Get Your Foot Off The Brake!

The evidence is piling up more and more deeply that austerity (i.e., cutting spending) is the wrong policy for the...

Health Care Inflation Receding; Conservatives Flummoxed

Nice data-driven, semi-scornful piece today from Jonathan Chait on the right’s scurrying reaction to the recent slowdown in healthcare costs....

Intellectual Floor Falls Out From Under GOP on Austerity, Opposition to ObamaCare

Solid analysis today from Jonathan Chait.  The stubborn facts about austerity and about ObamaCare’s effect on health care cost inflation...

House GOP: “Gotta nuke SOMETHING!”

Two years ago the House GOP took the US/world economy hostage and threatened to refuse to raise the debt ceiling...

Chait: Yes, George W. Bush Was a Terrible President, and No, He Wasn’t Smart

I’ve been more than a little astonished of late at the return of George W Bush to the stage.  Apparently...

Chait: GOP North Star: Rich People Should Pay Less

I’ve recently discovered Jonathan Chait and find that his insights are routinely worth reading and re-reading.  His writings on the...

The Fourth Quarter GDP Drop

Last week’s report of a 0.1 percent decline in GDP was a reminder (for those who needed one) that there...