To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Pushed To The Margins, Finally
BY JOE CONASON At the brink of global ruin, many Americans suddenly seem willing to consider sensible ideas that were always deemed unthinkable, and to reject foolish notions that were once deemed brilliant. Soon we may be mature enough to observe how other developed countries address problems that have baffled us for generations. Nationalizing major […]
What Fiscal Principles?
BY FROMA HARROP How big should government be? The answer is: As big as it has to be – and for small-government types, no bigger than it has to be. The whole debate about the proper size of government is a blind alley leading into a dead end. Government must grow at times of war […]
Escalate First, Think Later?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Excuse me for being impolitic, but why the —- is America “surging” so unquestioningly into Afghanistan? Not for nothing is that country called “the burial ground of empires,” “a guerilla’s paradise” and “the theme park of problems.” Yet, President Obama insists that America must act now to “stabilize” Afghanistan and its dizzyingly […]
The Price Of Paying By The Rules
BY SUSAN ESTRICH The president deserves the high marks he is getting from the public for his first month in office. Most presidents get to spend their first month putting up the draperies. This one had to spend his picking up the pieces of a collapsing economy. When the Republicans decided to just say no, […]
Let Bankruptcy Courts Change Mortgages
BY FROMA HARROP Let bankruptcy courts modify the terms of home mortgages, says President Obama and legislation now before Congress. Banks don’t like the idea, but it’s a good one, possibly even for them. We are talking about Chapter 13 bankruptcies, in which troubled borrowers reorganize their debt, not walk away from it [that’s a […]
