Here's an article from the NYTimes -- front page of the Home and Garden section, no less -- which discusses families (pretty darned affluent ones at that) having made lots of paper equity on their homes in the last few years, and no place … [Read more...]
Race you to the bottom!
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Association reports that health care costs are eating up municipal budgets like beetles through bark. Apparently, it's partly because contracts are negotiated somewhat differently for those unions than those with … [Read more...]
Will he ever return?
I hereby apologize to every reader of this blog. Here goes:(To the tune of "The Ship That Never Returned"/"Charley on the MTA")1. Let me tell you the storyOf a man named RomneyOn a tragic and fateful dayHe put a dollar … [Read more...]
Excuse me…. is this strawman organic?
Cookbook author Julie Powell writes an op-ed in the Times decrying the supposed gastronomic and class snobbery of those who buy organic food, finding herself "uncomfortable" in Whole Foods and "longing for the nonjudgemental … [Read more...]
You can’t handle the truth!
And while we're on the subject of petroleum-based reality... Congressman Joe Barton, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a fully-owned subsidiary of the oil lobby has requested the congressional equivalent of a police raid … [Read more...]
The tiger that’s a red herring
ExxonMobil seems to be feeling the heat of its own making: A coalition of environmental groups have called for a boycott of the most stubborn, recalcitrant global-warming-profiteering company out there. ExxonMobil finances … [Read more...]
Bubble bubble toil and trouble: We’re number one!
...And weeeee'll keep on buying -- till the end ... Boston is the #1 bubblicious-est housing market in the country, says Kiplingers Personal Finance (at Yahoo). And our soft job market is part of the reason for concern:The problem, … [Read more...]
It takes a moron
Hillary's village seems to have found its idiot: Here's a sweet review of Rick Santorum's new book, which includes these pearls: "The notion that college education is acost-effective way to help poor, low-skill unmarried mothers with … [Read more...]
Lehigh (with a little help from my friends)
Whatever he's on, I want some... Scot Lehigh seems really impressed that Mitt's still acting like he's the governor and stuff. Last week's tonguebath of Our Guv included this wisdom (my emphasis):Although it is stances struck with an … [Read more...]
Death Penalty vs. Keeping people alive
So Our Guv had a hearing on his new "flawless" death penalty plan. David has already dealt with the issue of its expense, which would be enormous. The bill's prospects for passage are dim. But there's also a convergence of … [Read more...]
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