Vocabulary of our times

I was reading some old Molly Ivins columns yesterday and was struck by how history repeats itself. Read this snippet from Gulf War I and tell me if it doesn’t sound like it could have been written today, complete  [more...]

Take a look at this shocking graphic from Reuters. It shows the history of the U.S. budget surplus/deficit since the Johnson administration. Note that the previous record deficits were under Reagan and Bush I. Bush II  [more...]