Ben Adler at The Atlantic writes: Why stimulus spending should go to public art In their search to find programs upon which to rest the complaint that the stimulus bill is too generous, some conservatives have seized upon one of their favorite whipping boys: the arts. "Even [House Republicans] can't...

In this week’s video/radio address, President-elect Obama unveiled his plans to create 2.5 million jobs by 2011 through combining energy independence efforts with infrastructure rebuilding: This is exactly the right tack to take–as it’s really the only tack we have. Rather than inj...

That title reminds of the very bad horror movie, "Deep Rising". Like that movie, this story sucks, but unlike the movie you can't just get up and leave. As Xanthippas posted recently (like, this morning), the Treasury has decided to focus more on the consumer side of the economy. I'm not an expert, ...