I watched some video of President Obama’s speech earlier today. I think it’s a testament to the human condition to struggle mightily against overwhelming odds that Wall Street traders didn’t fling themselves off tall buildings after watching that performance by the nation’s (leading from behind) leader. A speech like the one Obama gave today is […]
Congratulations California. The California Assembly says the public has no right to see lawmakers' current office budgets and spending projections, documents that could show whether punishment is doled out for key votes. Assemblyman Anthony Portantino raised the issue last month, saying that his budget was slashed shortly after casting the lone Democratic vote in the […]
Timothy Dalrymple over at Patheos has an excellent post on the political/religious debate over government spending and the role of religious faith in public policy. One of the great difficulties of this issue, for Christians, is that the morality of spending and debt has been so thoroughly demagogued that it’s impossible to advocate cuts in […]