Wisconsin Anti-Union Law To Take Effect
I am bad at math, even worse at macroeconomics. In other words, I am your standard political reporter. So take this for what it is worth, but I have an idea for how President Obama can solve the nation's never-ending mortgage foreclosure crisis. He needs to write a lot of letters. Specifically, by my count, 286,572 of them. I got this idea from the news out of Indiana today: Destiny Mathis, a 26-year-old single mother of three, is thinking of selling a handwritten letter she got from President Obama to get the cash she needs to avoid being evicted from her apartment.
Listening the Republican debate last night, I was once again struck by the extent to which these folks are stuck in a tattered old box when it comes to economic policy -- advocating the very agenda that got us into our current mess.
I'm one of those women who falls in love with girlfriends hard and fast. Occasionally its short-lived, I get too excited too quickly, but when the real thing comes along, now that's a beautiful thing.
Just when you think that life is steady and predictable, the universe throws a curve ball at you. Last week I was laid off.
One may argue if Obama puts together a major job drive, the GOP would block it. However, then the president could stop playing only defense and go on the offense, making clear who has a major job-creation program and who is sabotaging it.
Last month's lousy unemployment numbers have politicians in both parties talking about jobs again -- but they are mostly mouthing the words. The big dogs are still focused on deficits.
Before I had a baby, moms were invisible to me. But now, moms, I know you. If your daughter didn't want her hair brushed this morning, I know it from the angle of the tangle.
Mitt Romney really wants to talk about the economy. Or at least he wants to talk about talking about the economy. The first major debate of the election cycle was more an exercise in wheel-spinning than anything else.
With military intervention rightfully off the table against Syria's Bashar Assad, a realistic assessment of who may pick up the pieces after he goes and under what conditions is exactly what we should be doing now before it is too late to affect any dire outcome.
When I watch your revolution, I don't see an enemy. You look like someone I would meet in a café or a conference. Like someone I would start a business with or approach as a customer. Someone I could find on Facebook or follow on Twitter.
Right now our state and our nation are deep in the throes of one of the most important competitions of our generation: the race to lead the new renewable energy economy.
As I write these words, I'm sitting in Ibiza, Spain looking at a rather non-Jersey shore, but when I heard about Clarence Clemons having a stroke, I wanted to write a get-well playlist. Here's hoping that the Big Man gets better soon.
To nullify special interest involvement in the drafting of bills, Congress should change its internal rules so that all votes on amendments and procedure are done by secret ballot, and all votes on passing laws are public and recorded.
If the choice for salvaging the American economy is between Republican snake oil and the puff ball proposals of the president's CEO-laden jobs council, America will be in deeper and deeper trouble. And so will the president.
The economy certainly matters in the 2012 race, but anyone who thinks next year's presidential election is going to be simply about revisiting the stimulus and health care reform has lost sight of the big picture here. The GOP has a long way to go.
Even though it's the undisputed leader in search, Google isn't sitting still. It can't. Unlike email services or social networking sites, users don't have a great deal invested in which search engine they use so users can and will switch search engines if a better one comes along.
The overriding policy objective in the United States must be a stable and healthy financial system that supports the American economy without imposing unnecessary risks and costs on its citizens.
Being in love doesn't exclude lust. In fact, lust can lead to love. However, real love, not based on idealization or projection, requires time to get to know each other. Here are some signs to watch for to differentiate pure lust from love.
Prop. 8 backers want Judge Vaughn Walker to be recused because he is gay, but they're trying not to admit that. How can they argue with a straight face that they aren't basing their argument on his sexual orientation?
New York is infamous as a tough lift for any governor who hopes just to keep things under control, let alone actually change things. Andrew Cuomo just may be the most successful governor in America.
The report lists only 16 instances of noncitizen registration and zero instances of in-person voter impersonation fraud. Kobach is using a nuclear weapon to kill a fly (and telling you the fly is the size of Houston).
It turns out that our capacity for self-control is surprisingly like a muscle -- like a bicep or tricep.
If we're not careful, the civilian and military will become the Washington equivalent of Siamese twins, co-joined at the head and, however bitter their internecine arguments, sharing the same underlying militarized thought processes.
Leadership provokes thoughtfulness and contemplation so that the knowledge you have acquired can be successfully interpreted and passed forward in service to inspire and uplift others.
Monday night's GOP presidential debate in Manchester, NH was also a real snoozer, with more talk of God, gays and Obama than each other. Apparently these folks forgot that before they get to run against Obama they need to battle amongst themselves.
The job market is tight. The candidate who interviews best always gets the job. The image they project is the first thing the employer notices. Looking right is key to landing employment.
