Is the News Media 'Jumping the Gun' on Governor Chris Christie?
I have no idea how this one will turn out... but I do wonder if some are jumping the gun on this one. I am trying to sort through all the new stories about Governor Christie today -- the headlines sure...
View ArticleThe NFL Is Exploiting My Town
I may be mayor of a host community for Super Bowl XLVIII, but there's no question about it, I'm no football expert. But I do know a smoke and mirrors deal when I see one, as has been the case with...
View ArticleGOP Traffic Jam
Governor Chris Christie has finally gone on the offensive to defuse "bombshell" revelations that he knew about the Ft. Lee lane closures at the time they were happening. "The Governor first learned...
View ArticleThe Tragedy of Philip Seymour Hoffman: How We Can Prevent Overdose Deaths
The suspected overdose death of Philip Seymour Hoffman is hitting millions of people, including myself, like a tsunami today. The story keeps unfolding and the tragedy just keeps compounding. Recent...
View ArticleChris Christie, Barack Obama and Other Nonsense About 'Liberal Media Bias'
The supposedly liberal media are out to thwart Chris Christie's presidential bid, according to conservative critics. Please. This bilge is the latest in a long line of silly attempts to paint...
View ArticleA Critical Test of Leadership
In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama took a good first step in asking Congress to provide the tools he needs to close two of the most ambitious trade deals in U.S. history. But...
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Ten Tough Days for NASA
As we close-to-NASA folk pause to reflect on yet another anniversary of perhaps the most difficult 10-calendar-day stretch for NASA -- the Apollo 1 fire (Jan. 27, 1967), the Challenger disaster (Jan....
View ArticleShine on You Crazy Dimon!
Some of you may find yourselves scratching your head over the Romanov-like raise JP Morgan Chase's board just gifted to its CEO Jamie Dimon. After all, wasn't this the same Jamie Dimon who spent so...
View ArticleSo Right and So Wrong on Health Care
I cannot remember the last time I read an article here on HuffPo (1/22/14) with so many correct statements of fact leading to so many erroneous conclusions or implications as Ben Veghte's recent piece....
View ArticleAmerica Is Beautiful, and Bigotry Is Ugly
The Nativist backlash to a Super Bowl ad featuring multilingual versions of "America the Beautiful" brought out the best and worst in our country, heralding the goals of and obstacles to immigration...
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Voting Rights Is on Us
Last week, President Obama laid out his agenda to address inequities that have plagued our nation for generations. He told us that he would use his executive power where he could and when he could to...
View ArticleObama Is No Truman On War And Peace
After having submitted his written recommendation to the White House concerning U.S. troops level after 2014, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. who command all international forces in Afghanistan impinged...
View ArticleAs Turmoil Rages in Indiana, Virginia Finally Gets Marriage Hearing (VIDEO)
It's been a chaotic few weeks for marriage equality in some eastern states. A bill in Indiana that would ban marriage equality saw last-minute changes that could either doom it or hasten its passage,...
View ArticleThe Attack of the Robots: Economists' Silly Fantasies
Economists are not very good at economics. We know this because we had a huge housing bubble that collapsed, which almost none of them saw. The pre-crash projections from the Congressional Budget...
View ArticleChris Christie: The Decline and Fall of 'Corporate America's Candidate' for...
I have wondered why much of the U.S. mainstream media had been promoting Chris Christie. Television stresses "likability" in on-air personalities and guests, a high "Q-score." But there was the New...
View ArticleThe President's Vision Depends on the States
The president spoke eloquently in this year's State of the Union address on a number of issues critical to America's future. But I was struck this year by how much the president's vision -- any...
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Tight Trouble
Co-written by Jeremy Leggett, author of Energy of Nations. He is founder and chairman of Solarcentury, the UK's largest solar solutions company, and SolarAid, a charity set up with Solarcentury...
View ArticleRand Paul, You Failed Econ 101. Supply, Demand and the Minimum Wage
Econ 101 When you raise the price of something, the supply; a.) decreases b.) may stay the same c.) increases d.) it depends e.) Rand Paul is an idiot In his January 28th interview with CNN's Wolf...
View ArticleThe Modern Face of Poverty
A few days ago, the Social IMPACT Research Center, a program of Heartland Alliance, released its yearly report on the state of poverty in Illinois, and it's proven what we've known for a long time --...
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Obama Poll Watch -- January 2014
Obama has a good month President Obama just had -- relatively -- the best month in job approval polling he's had for his entire second term. The reason for the qualifier in that previous sentence is...
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