Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Each of the front-running Democratic candidates has promised to raise taxes, to remedy the “disastrous” tax cuts that President Bush put into place. What I’ve somehow missed from them, though, is any explanation about why the tax cuts are so disastrous. I’m not saying the Dems don’t have an explanation.
Continue readingOnce again, there’s a news story saying that crude oil prices are at record highs (emphasis mine): Oil prices rose above $93 a barrel to a new trading high in Asia Monday on growing political tensions in the Middle East, a weak dollar and worries about the supply outlook ahead
Continue readingMatt Bai has written a new book, The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics, which looks at the movers and shakers who are working hard to remake the Democratic party. It sounds like an interesting, well-written book, and one that anyone interested in American politics should
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