Money and meanies February 21, 2012 The thing that I notice about this chart of spending presidential races pegged to inflation is that the high spending races have all been… Continue Reading
Remember everybody’s name February 7, 2012 NPR has an interview with the translator of the letter of advice given to Cicero by his brother before he embarked on a political… Continue Reading
The Golden Rule December 27, 2011 “Them’s with the gold makes the rules.” There are a dozen variations on this quotation and I’m too lazy to attempt to figure out… Continue Reading
League of Women Voters forum? October 4, 2011 I just saw on the news tonight that there was a school board candidate forum held by the League of Women Voters……. They didn’t… Continue Reading
About that law in an omnibus law… August 21, 2011 …that no one knew about which made it impossible to track Excelsior Energy’s use of public money. Well the DNT wrote about a similar… Continue Reading
“Middle class welfare” July 29, 2011 It was my corporate executive spouse who first described the “turd on the table” effect to me. Simply put its the really awful thing… Continue Reading
Nice to have Bill Clinton agree with me May 25, 2011 “I’m afraid the Democrats will draw the conclusion that because Congressman Ryan’s proposal is not the right one, that we shouldn’t do anything. I… Continue Reading
80% of Americans want no new taxes and no benefit reductions April 19, 2011 Pay no attention to me. I’m in the 20%. McClatchy Marist Poll findings. Continue Reading
Would Obama seriously curb ruinous entitlements? February 19, 2011 That is a million dollar question and I don’t have the answer to it. I have believed it to be true and have believed… Continue Reading
What do Alaskans know about Sarah Palin… November 3, 2010 …that the rest of the Country ought to pay close attention to. Continue Reading
Don’t borrow, Spend more, Tax less, November 3, 2010 Last night’s election results had all the coherence of a nest of disturbed hornets. Masochists will have fun watching the new Congress. This is… Continue Reading
Ford and Rubin October 29, 2010 On the earlier post Vic rightly comments: “To say that what someone said is not true, is not synonymous with saying that that person… Continue Reading
the burden of proof October 28, 2010 I was surprised and delighted when Melanie Ford defeated the previous long standing St. Louis County Attorney Alan Mitchell. My sense was that he… Continue Reading
Mr. Facebook October 27, 2010 I just got a call from someone who thought I was still running against Roger Reinert for the State Senate. My caller had first… Continue Reading
Jungle Primaries – weeding out the wing nuts May 18, 2010 I’ve had the extremely complicated “ranked choice voting” explained to me numerous times. I’ve remained skeptical that it is a worthwhile innovation. In some… Continue Reading
More on Demographics – Liberals to disappear March 18, 2006 There was an interesting story on National Public Radio today on the world’s population trends. A demographer pointed out that the highest birthrates tend… Continue Reading
