The not-all-that-possible reduction or elimination of the mortgage interest deduction has set the hair of many a journalist on fire. Many of them have homes and benefit from that deduction, after all. And they cannot escape the fact that, if Republicans tell them that deductions have to be targeted instead of rates – which is [...]

If you want to know Mitt Romney’s real plans for a hypothetical Presidency, you either have to give him lots of money, or be lucky enough to stand on the street near the backyard where he talks to people who give him lots of money. The incompetence of allowing the press to listen in on [...]