Government borrowing is good as long as the returns are bigger than the interest rate, adjusted for risk tolerance. Interest rates are fairly easy to figure out here: just plug in the rate investors are demanding for Treasury securities of … [Read more...]
Archives for April 24, 2010
Thoughts from Gettysburg
As some may know, I am in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania this weekend. Our family has been members and supporters of the Friends of the National Park at Gettysburg, including volunteering with our kids on park maintenance for some years … [Read more...]
Signatures and Lunch with Deval (and Kate)
You've missed the deadline for T-Shirts... In honor of this occasion, and of Kate's relentless work and dedication for the Democratic Party and everyone she supports, we will be collecting signatures in Somerville and canvassing in … [Read more...]
Niki Tsongas Ready for Battles
For the re-election, she isn't overwhelmed that new Sen. Scott Brown snagged Ted Kennedy's seat in some of the same towns in her dictrict. She recognizes voters' confusion and anger in the hard economic times. She figures … [Read more...]
Tim Murray on property tax relief..The biggest lie in the history of earth!!!
A LIE IS A LIE IS A LIE!! "Deval Patrick and I are going to restore state aid and deliver property tax relief." OVER PROMISE AND UNDER DELIVER MUCH? … [Read more...]
“Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black”
Anti-racist writer Tim Wise crystalizes it: Imagine that hundreds of black protesters were to descend upon Washington DC and Northern Virginia, just a few miles from the Capitol and White House, armed with AK-47s, assorted handguns, and … [Read more...]
Lida’s Tantrum and Her Richard Ross Endorsement
Good for Lida for helping the Ross campaign. Harkins won't endorse Smulowitz in State Senate race By Valentina Zic Wicked Local Needham As the Massachusetts Senate race between Democrat Peter Smulowitz and Republican Richard Ross moves … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue: “Fox, the lupus of ‘news'”
We lead this week with Jon Stewart's destruction of whatever is left of the tragic malaise that is Fox. A joke so great it made the front page of NYTimes.com. Fox is pretty much down to the birthers and the deathers at this point anyway. … [Read more...]