Over the weekend I read the following two news items: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is practically alone on the job, working night and day to cope with the worst economic downturn in decades. Barack Obama’s offhand approach to Gordon Brown’s Washington visit last week came abo...

On a terrible day in the not-so-distant future, the stock market will close below the lows it made on October 10th. When it does, it will become apparent to many more Americans that transferring wealth from middle class taxpayers to wealthy bankers will not revive the economy. I call that day terrib...

On Monday, after it was announced that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is linked to a prostitution ring, politicians and commentators alike were universally “shocked� by the behavior of a man who they perceived as a squeaky clean champion against corruption. Yes, many considered him arrogant; bu...

Suppose you are a senior citizen living in Greenburgh, New York (about a half-hour north of New York City). Suppose you receive a $620 Social Security check each month and you need a walker to get around. Further suppose that for the past forty-three years you have lived in the same modest house in ...

Update: This post has been published over at Liberal Conspiracy here. To keep the discussion in one place, I will close the comments on this post. If you have any comments please post them here. What do you think the word ‘liberal’ means? Perhaps if you are American, you are thinking of ...