Imagine you’re sick. Imagine that for a while your doctors thought you’d actually die but you managed to plug along and were actually showing signs of getting better. But here is the thing you’ve been sick for years and while…
Now that the election is over it is time to get back to the business of actually governing our country, seriously two years is too long to not pass any meaningful legislation. The first order of business of course is…
Every once and a while I like to take time out to analyze standard Republican talking points. I like to see if the things that Republicans breathlessly state as dogma do in fact make any sense. Today I want to…
Whenever I end up in a conversation with a conservative about taxes I often feel like we’re talking past one another. This is both our faults because when we’re talking taxes we’re often looking at different sides of the ledger.…
Lost in much of the talk about our failing economy is the real disparity of income that has existed along racial lines. This is mostly because this information is nothing new. For as long as we have been keeping data…
At some point when talking about wages in this country invariable someone will make it a point to bring up that if wages increase it will of course increase the cost of goods and services. This is of course viewed…
Inflation, it’s a word that sends shudders through most Americans. This is mostly because inflation is an invisible bandit that robs you slowly year after year. It is one of the reasons we are having this big discussion about the…
Suffice it to say you will not make a good impression with me by singing the praises of Ronald Reagan. I don’t think he was evil, I think he had an ideology that he truly believed would lead to a…
I get asked from time to time what my process is. How do I come up with the topics I discuss here… Okay no one actually asks that, I’m actually just grateful people sometimes take time out of their busy…
Identity is a powerful influence on our psyche. How you identify yourself is tied deeply into your measure of self worth, and in turn tied into your happiness. This is part of the reason why women’s groups fight so hard…