Zombie Politics

Remember all that talk about the debt and deficit and how it was going to be the end of us? Yeah...still not happening. Paul Krugman is ...

For the most part, I think it's best to not use comparisons to slavery in this day and age. But if you are Sarah Palin and want to get a...

From Paul Krugman As some of us have tried to explain, debt, while it can pose problems, doesn’t make the nation poorer, because it’s mone...

There are many myths about our nation's debt and most our being pushed by the Right. "We can't keep spending like this!" t...

Through the first eight months of the budget year, the deficit has totaled $509.8 billion, according to the Treasury Department. That's ...

This. The Congressional Budget Office said the unanticipated $203 billion cut to the current-year shortfall -- a 24 percent drop from just...

Uh, that would be a no...no, they didn't. It's not _______ when we do it!!!

I've heard so many "voices in my head" of late. What are they saying these days? “The numbers — at some point it’s got to ca...

I've been trying to figure out exactly WTF the House Republicans have been thinking these last few days and I got nothing. I like John B...

Warren Buffett's recent opinion piece seen in many papers and online over the last few days is a fine example of how completely ridicul...

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody Analytics, once and for all has settled (with the help of the CBO) the 500+ comments thread from a whil...

...then the person you should be supporting is Ron Paul. After that, it's Barack Obama. A recent report by the non partisan U.S. Budge...

First of all, David, I don’t think you’ll ever find me talking about an age of austerity. I don’t think that’s the right solution. I am a pr...

Krugman's recent piece on debt is a true gem and, more or less, torpedoes much of the doom and gloom we hear from conservatives and libe...