So Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US credit rating. So far so bad. But maybe I can spin this: S & P explicitly said, if I’m not mistaken, that the US rating would vastly improve if the Bush tax cuts were to expire. So maybe this is the hit on the head certain members of Congress …
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thenewrepublic: Who holds the debt, and who accumulated it? The answer may surprise you… or it may not. pantslessprogressive: How the Debt Accumulated
Today in the Senate, I met with Senators Jon Kyl and Mark Kirk. The meeting is very useful because it shows that the alternative to Barack Obama is a collapse of all the programs of cooperation with Russia. Today, I had the impression that I was transported in a time machine back several decades, and …
Still need proof that there is something seriously wrong with the US health care system? People try to rob banks to get prison health care.
The War Logs.
Despite being addicted to information on US politics and culture, I’m not interested enough (or can’t measure up the courage) to dig into the Iraq War Logs Wikileaks and several big media outlets released today. I don’t need to dig into thousands of classified pages to know that the war in Iraq (and/or Afghanistan) was …
Recruiters On Campus.
As I (more or less) grew up between Germany and the US, I continually think about the commonalities and differences between these two societies. One of the starkest differences between the US and Germany I can think of is the role the military plays in society. When I spent the fall term of ‘06 at Oregon State …
CLARITY AND CHAOS 