Advice Unasked

(Edited from my remarks in comments at Ta-Nehisi Coates blog.) This is not accident or weakness, but rather policy. I will repeat myself...

I recently responded to a conservative friend on the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties by pointing out that the Repu...

(An earlier version of this was posted in comments to Paul Krugman's article.) Paul Krugman writes : Henry Blodget says that the eco...

Well, that was a surprise. And yet, looking at the past two centuries of Chechen history, I wonder why I am surprised at all. Conquered by t...

Gov. Howard Dean, Democracy for America, on the new budget If this is true I may have to become an independant. http://www. businessweek....

This in response to Jim Wright's excellent essay on fear in politics . It ends with an exhortation to courage, and I found myself wonder...

If you think the money in your retirement accounts is safe, you're wrong. We've already seen the savings of the middle class drained...