Epstein Secrets

ve a big stick and make sure that your adversaries know that you are not adverse to using it liberally. Otherwise, I find Brook's op-ed insightful. Paul ICrugman in and op-ed this week in the The Washington Post - Mooching Off Medicaid —'Conservatives like to say that their position is all about economic free

rstand how and what happen and most of all why America is becoming more and more a police state, which is the real lasting legacy of Dick Cheney. David Brooks wrote an interesting op-ed this week in the New York Times — The Brutality Cascade - using the metaphor of how the pervasive use of steroids in Majo

d have been to return Mr. Monti — who was essentially imposed on Italy by its creditors — to office, this time with an actual democratic mandate. As Paul ICrugman wrote this week in the New York Times — Austerity, Italian Style — things aren't looking good as Mr. Monti's party appears likely to come in fourth

des" false equivalency of shying away from telling the truth about the GOP's suicide mission, pretending the same thing is happening on both sides (David Brooks's pathetic attempt to draw a false equivalency was so loathsome, he felt the need to walk back his characterization of the president's position the n

eaking rank with ultra-conservatives that have moved the GOP to the far, far right. In the article — Makers, Takers, Fakers — in the New York Times, Paul Krugman points out that while acknowledging that the many in the G.O.P. made stupid statements and pushed initiatives that are out of step with a majority

country was able to do in the 1950s and 1960s. This week joining the growing choir of Chris Cristie, Bobby Jindal, Bill Kristol and even Paul Ryan, David Brooks wrote an opt-ed in the New York Times — A Second G.O.P. - suggesting that the Republican Party needs to reinvent itself and reach beyond the bubble

som spending and entitlement cuts that would, in the opinion of many economists, cause further economic damage to all but the wealthiest Americans (Paul ICrugman does a good job explaining this point). So why are the Republicans doing it? After all, a majority of voters just three-and-a- half months ago reje

des" false equivalency of shying away from telling the truth about the GOP's suicide mission, pretending the same thing is happening on both sides (David Brooks's pathetic attempt to draw a false equivalency was so loathsome, he felt the need to walk back his characterization of the president's position the n

tions leading to a "grand bargain." Compromise again would have to be almost entirely on the Democrats' side. More importantly, economist including Paul Krugman, Evan Soltas of Wonkblog and Joe Weisenthal say that the current budget deficit is overwhelmingly the result of the depressed economy, and it's not

a bit of tweaking) will come close to addressing the systemic economic problems currently facing the country. New York Times cconservative olumnist David Brooks said Sunday that Republicans should shoulder most of the blame if lawmakers do not reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff ahead of Tuesday's deadlin