I finally figured it out. Watching today's news report on President Bush's budget plan and the appearance on Capitol Hill of Treasury Secretary John Snow and White House budget director Josh Bolten before various congressional committees, I figured out why New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has not offered his promised plan to fix Social […]
In his Jan. 4 column, New York Times columnist/economist Paul Krugman wrote this: In the next few weeks, I'll explain why privatization will fatally undermine Social Security, and suggest steps to strengthen the program. Since then, he has written 10 columns, and the only "steps to strengthen the program," that Krugman has suggested was later […]
Tuesday's New York Times letters to the editor: 15 total letters. 5 left-wing. 2 right-wing. 8 non-partisan.
I was flipping channels and actually listened to about 15 seconds of Paul Begala on CNN's "Crossfire." Begala decried the fact that President Bush's proposed budget increases the co-pay for veterans by more than 100 percent. Dang! More than double. Of course, that phrasing begs a question: what is that in dollars -- not as […]
Thanks to Powerline we are reminded that former PBS "newsman" Bill Moyers is a less-than-stellar journalist. If an apology to former Interior Secretary James Watt and retraction from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune is not immediately forthcoming, then Moyers cements his reputation as a partisan hack.
On today's "Meet the Press," Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld didn't let critically-acclaimed journalist Tim Russert get away with a gross mischaracterization/video dowdifying of the infamous "armored humvees" question. MR. RUSSERT: Yeah, I understand. Some things that members of Congress has said. This is Susan Collins, a Republican--not a Democrat, Republican: "I think there are increasing […]
I always thought that the team that won the AFC would win the Super Bowl. I was right. The Philadelphia Eagles' clock management in the waning minutes was infuriating -- not because I'm an Eagles fan -- but simply because of the astounding incompetence it demonstrated. You're down 10 points with 6 minutes on the […]
Sunday New York Times: 12 total letters. 3 liberal. 1 conservative (though the individual writing the letter describes himself as a liberal). 8 non-partisan.
Democrats have often invoked the sainted name of FDR whenever it seems most convenient. When President Bush, in the State of the Union address, proposed partial privatization of Social Security -- FDR's most enduring accomplishment (and a Ponzi scheme) -- the Democrats were quick to rally around a statue of their hero. But, there's a […]
Saturday's New York Times letters to the editor: 15 total letters. 9 politically neutral. 4 left-wing. 2 right-wing. I would also like to note that one of the right-wing letters is from the Heritage Foundation in answer to a Paul Krugman column. When the Times' editorialists or a columnist singles out an individual or organization, […]