The mantra among economists is that as grows productivity, so shall living standards. But in the 2000s, most of the American workforce worked harder and smarter, yet ended up earning less.
When Iran returns to the top of your foreign policy agenda, Mr. Bush, when "bullying" resumes at the UN Security Council, perhaps the Russians will remind us to listen again to your words. Well done, Mr. President.
Did McCain lie in a church this weekend in an attempt to kiss-up to Evangelicals who are already very concerned about his bona fides on faith and religion?
Mary Matalin, it is no longer acceptable for a respected operative like yourself to hide behind the trash you published in Jerome Corsi's book and not be called out on it.
Lou Dobbs signed on to the Republicans' disinformation campaign, but what about legitimate journalists? Who in the mainstream media has enough guts to say a lie is a lie?
If McCain's efforts to woo the religious right seem a bit tone deaf and disingenuous, last night's audience at Saddleback didn't seem to mind.
While insisting that Toby Keith's "Beer For My Horses" contained not even a hint of coded racial animus, Keith's fans bombarded my in-box with a deluge of indignant rants that revealed their simmering resentment of Jews, blacks, and "faggy liberals."
Likely bigots chose McCain over Obama by a margin of one thousand to one, with a majority of racists saying they "strongly disagree" with Sen. Obama's decision not to be white.
There are lots of inspiring women at the top of their game in their 50s, 60s and 70s who haven't relinquished one iota of their attractiveness, vitality and power.
John McCain has been AWOL for critical vote after vote on energy issues. The audacity of the claims that he's never missed an important one is simply astounding.
The vice presidency is America's longest running reality show, starring one contestant at a time, whose big task is to wait until the president is voted off or otherwise removed.
The barrenness of the US manufacturing landscape was very much the consequence of a dollar that was too high for too long.
The honor system, are you kidding me? I think it is pretty clear at this point McCain did indeed know the questions in advance at the Faith Forum.
