Far East Cynic

Amen brother!

From John Cole-who is, like me, a reformed conservative: I don’t get it. The Republicans and some in the media are calling this the Obama recession and the Obama bear market and the Obama economy, but this says it will be the longest recession on record. Yet Obama has only

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Stimulate this!

I have been watching the conversation on the stimulus package with interest. As the debate has gone on a graphic depiction of the problem is  etched in my mind. It  is an analysis of the income disparity within the US: Yes the bottom of the graph is wrong, it should

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