The Economy

Can this country be all for everyone and no one has to pay taxes? Roads, schools, hospitals, parks to be built. Wars to be fought and the country to be defended. Don’t be mad at me, but I think I just sent you to the unemployment line and slashed your benefits.

Kesmarn's brilliant article, Please, tear that price tag off!, impresses the powerful image of our democracy and citizenry as a 500 pound patient, too...

What is meant by "The Will of the People" that we hear daily from the noise machines? And what "people" are they listening too? 98% or 2%?

Corporate America has been encroaching on our government for decades.  Slowly, but steadily increasing its reach within our legislative, executive, judicial and regulatory institutions. ...

I'm sorry to say that Joan Walsh and I are no longer friends, and that's upset me.  No more gossipy girls' lunches or hour-long...

I am writing this post to fulfill a promise I made to Kes awhile ago, but I think it will be interesting to a few. ...

CNBC is rebroadcasting this morning's economic-themed town hall event it hosted for President Obama. It begins at 5:00 pm EDT. You can Live Blog here as...

Midterm election articles

The Earth's head has got to be spinning. Humans are filling its seas with oil, chemicals, waste and massive islands of pollution, the process...

It has been hailed as America's most sensible solution for breaking our dependency on foreign oil and reducing the potential environmental destruction oil drilling...