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Robert Reich wants a more equitable distribution of after-tax income and so I do but to blame weak aggregate demand on a lack of consumptio...

That’s the economic wisdom behind an op-ed piece in today’s NYT by Victor Davis Hanson, a former classics professor and current columnist f...

Here is a situation that Shakespeare might appreciate. A shortage of lawyers is plaguing Japan. Really? A New York Times article seems to ...

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Because of the Tim Donaghy gambling scandal, the NBA hired Army Maj. Gen. Ronald L. Johnson as senior vice president of refereeing operation...

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The New York Times has an article today about Tom Coburn, a right-wing, antiabortionist, ultraconservative, probably wingnut. Coburn makes a...

I spent the better part of the weekend with the wonderful Gore Vidal - reading the new selection of his essays by Jay Parini. I had forgott...

After decades of relative stability, the rate of U.S. homeownership began to surge in the mid-1990s, rising from 64% in 1994 to a peak of 69...

So, Obama has had a nearly flawless foreign trip, which he clearly needed to make given the drumbeat of criticism about his "inexperien...

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