Let me update my story about the push by labor and Democratic politicos to highlight John Boehner’s Social Security comments and offer an alternative to the deficit hysteria. Trumka’s entire speech is now available, and you can see he doesn’t mince words at all. First on the recent past: We should be honest about what’s [...]

As the political world reacts to the hold on Ben Bernanke’s nomination from Sen. Bernie Sanders and the left-right coalition supporting him, I contacted James Kenneth Galbraith, the economist and professor at the University of Texas-Austin, to ask him why he wants to see the Federal Reserve audited. His answer was not that we would [...]

We’re at a really tense time in America. The economy is improving mildly but job losses continue to mount. The stimulus package seems to have improved things and saved the country from disaster, but it wasn’t big enough, and its impact is basically peaking right now in terms of how much money is going out. [...]