The Iran Deal
Our reality TV presidency is nearing its zenith. With John Bolton joining the inner sanctum of our national security team, we will have...
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Russia's Managed Democracy
As you may be aware, Russia yesterday held its presidential “election” and, as was widely expected, Vladimir Putin was “elected”...
Trumpcare in Action
As we all remember well, Donald Trump and the Republican Party failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act via legislation. As we also know,...
Labor's Share of Income
Labor policy and labor economics are a frequent thought of mine, but not one on which I’ve written previously. I was forwarded this...
Hurting Your Own Constituents, For No Reason
It will not save the state any significant amount of money. It will, however, cruelly kick the young, old, sick and disabled out of the prog
A Brief History of Net Neutrality
The year 2008 doesn’t seem like such a long time ago. Unless you are among my youngest readers, it isn’t just some foggy memory from your...
Trump-proof Your State
Let's forget, for a second, what an awful human being Donald Trump is. It's hard, I know - I mean the guy has literally sanitized...
Getting Selfish on Taxes
I pay a lot of tax. Being a relatively high earner, entirely through earned income, while living in New York State and New York City, you...
Cut Corporate Taxes, Discourage Hiring
Once upon a time, somebody proposed the elimination of the charitable deduction against income for US Federal income taxes. Doing so...
Fire and Fury, Signifying Nothing
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Told by an idiot, full of [fire] and fury, signifying nothing.