A Weak Constitution?
Now that the health care proposal has been approved by Congress and signed into law, some people are feeling pretty happy I suppose. Much of the angst and anger about the procedures impeding...
View ArticleOuch! Stop Pinching Those Pennies
I have come to really appreciate Paul Krugman’s writing on our current economic mess. He is among a few clarion voices in the discussion that supports a calm approach to government’s role in the...
View ArticleWeekend Reading 6/3/11
Anna: Summer is here, which means some of us are lucky enough to take some days off work. I hate to be a party-pooper, but take a look at how paid vacation days in the United States stack up against...
View ArticleWeekend Reading 9/23/11
Clark Are you a Puget Sound Energy customer? Thanks to a new incentive program, you can get a super-efficient heat pump water heater for next to nothing! Really!! Yeah, I know I’m an energy geek. But...
View ArticleWeekend Reading 10/5/12
Clark: A father and son send a toy train into space. Are half of all the facts you know wrong? Maybe so, says journalist and author Ronald Bailey. As it turns out, very little peer reviewed research...
View ArticleWeekend Reading 12/14/12
Eric: I’m so glad Kevin Drum is around. One of his blog posts this week, “The World’s Easiest Plan to Rescue Social Security,” deserves some kind of award for clarity and good sense. And for those...
View ArticleWeekend Reading 6/14/13
Serena I cannot. contain. my excitement. for our event with Chris Jordan next week! He will doubtless rock all your socks off, and at a ticket price of just $5, he can rock all your friends’ socks off,...
View ArticleListen In: How Oregon Helps Its Voters Vote
Last year, Oregon continued its leadership in voting rights by passing the New Motor Voter law and starting to automatically register eligible voters. California and New Jersey have since followed...
View ArticleTalking Taxes: Six Tips to Shift the Story This Tax Day
We generally think of taxes in terms of “me,” not “us.” But one thing that Donald Trump has delivered to the US mainstream is an, ahem… unusually lively conversation about taxes—even a rare discussion...
View ArticleHow Americans Really Feel About Taxes
Press, pundits, and elected officials—Left and Right—drum a message into our heads: “Americans hate taxes.” But Vanessa Williamson, fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and author...
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