Kevin Drum gives the spot on answer for the Republicans.Answer for Republicans: They don't think the deficit is a problem. If they did, they'd favor tax increases, Pentagon cuts, and [...]

According to Matthew Yglesias, it's got to do with how the Republicans favor policies that the rich like. "For “you’re going to have to raise the retirement age for Social [...]

From Kevin Drum at Mother Jones."Social Security costs about 4.5% of GDP. That's going to increase as the baby boomer generation retires, and then in 2030 it steadies out forever [...]

Kevin Drum has been beating this, uh, bongo for a while now. Here's the shorter version, which makes a lot of sense to me:1. The budget deficit is big because [...]

This article calls to mind my view of how Republicans both negotiate and play politics in one little scenario:Republicans: "Compromise? No, either you take our version of the budget or [...]

From the Economist's DIA Blog - "But guess what? By far the strongest of the ideas currently on offer—and the one for which most Egyptians seemed to be clamouring these [...]

I concur with what Matthew Yglesias says about revamping the physical representation of our currency. On the one hand, this would save money. On the other hand, it moves everybody's [...]

From the Economist's DIA blog. Republicanomics - a vulgar, acontextual cartoon of Reagonomics.They explain:"Reagan met the specific challenges of the American economy in the early 1980s through tax cuts and [...]

I listen to NPR Morning Edition on my way to work and All Things Considered on my way home from work. My home NPR station is WAMU, which means if [...]

The above is the title of a piece from the Washington Post detailing the state of the Federal judiciary. Of course the blame lies mostly with Republican obstructionism, but you [...]