In recent NYT columns, Tom Friedman has praised the Kurds, and David Brooks has a “center last” process of bringing peace to Iraq. Tom Friedman talks about how well things are going in Iraqi Kurdistan. It sounds as if the… Read More »Kurds & Ethnic Cleansing
It seems like when I studied economics in college, they talked about monetary and fiscal policy. Today it’s only about monetary policy. Everybody on Wall Street wants the Fed to cut interest rates. They want Bernanke to reinstate the “Greenspan… Read More »Fed Rate Cut & Fiscal Policy
Tony Snow said he is leaving as spokesman for the White House because he can’t live on a salary of $168,000 per year, according to the Washington Post. If the average salary is something like $50,000 per year, what does… Read More »Tony Snow & Average Americans