Zombie Politics

"It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but someth...

Wal Mart is closing stores and has a dim outlook for the future. The primary reason for this is the reduced food stamp benefits to millions...

Someone asked me in comments a while back just what exactly right to work laws do to a state's economy? Well, here's a pretty good s...

The sixth chapter of Joseph Stiglitz's The Price of Inequality is called, "1984 is Upon Us." In this section, Stiglitz detai...

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable . (Adam Smith, 1776) I...

People of the same trade seldom meet together, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some diversion to raise p...

The lame duck Congress reconvenes this week and the Democrats will have their curtain call. Anyone out there think they will do anything wor...