Just as having a lot of pens doesn’t make you a great writer, having a lot of ideas doesn’t make you a great thinker.

Is it just me, or does it seem that the selection of the new Pope is the equivalent of Karl Rove being selected to replace George Bush?

Here’s another superlative for the spend-spend-spend-make-our-grandkids-pay Bush administration: the National Debt Clock no longer has enough space to tote up the debt.

Just a week or so ago, I was reading stories saying that much of the money earmarked for the military in Iraq and Afghanistan was unspent. And then this morning, the story changed radically: The U.S. military has spent  [more...]