Al Kamen in the Post points out a startling statement from Newt Gingrich in 1994:
“If there is a Social Security problem, it is somewhere around 25 to 30 years from now,” Gingrich said. “The problem of children dying in Dumpsters is this evening. To ask me to go past every problem we could solve that is immediate in order to get at an abstraction that is 25 years from now is very bad management of problem-solving.”
From Lawrence Lessig: “In response to Palin’s suggesting that he experience was somehow normal, an exhaustive comparison (and exhausting, to me and to you!) of Governor Palin’s experience as compared [more...]
I feel like I should at least acknowledge the ridiculous energy bill just passed by the House — you know, the one that gives $14.5 billion in tax breaks to energy companies that are already making record profits [more...]
So, the word on the street is that Hillary is Barack’s choice for Secretary of State, and the rumors are that she’s accepting it. Here’s my take. Hillary’s presidential ambitions Is it too late [more...]
