The much ballyhooed Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction–aka the “supercommittee”–was supposed to hear a history of the debt crisis today. You can imagine how well that was going to go over. Partisans from both sides were prepared, I’m sure, to lay blame for the federal government’s fiscal problems at their opponents feet. “It […]
Proportional Representation: a boost to representation and turnout or a shift of power?
April 27, 2011 by
“Now if you think that proportional representation is boring, you are a very silly person because it’s about how we can run the country better.” John Cleese, Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The Human Cost of Ignoring Medicaid Reform
February 9, 2011 by
One of the critiques that my left leaning friends often level at the political right is that Republicans are cold and heartless. Republicans are the champions of big business and soulless capitalists, they say. They don’t care about the poor, the elderly, or the weak of society. It may be a valid critique, if a […]
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