With nine candidates running for the Dem nomination, there’s been plenty of room for debates and disagreements. That’s to be expected. Each of the nine believes they should win and the other eight should just get out the way. Like most campaigns, electability — the idea that a candidate is better suited to win the […]
So far, the 2004 presidential race has been pretty mild when it comes to “big” ideas. None of the major Dem candidates are offering bold new policy positions, certainly nothing that could be referred to as “revolutionary.” Probably the closest they’ve come up with are plans for universal health care, but all of the competitive […]
Kevin Drum at Calpundit really seems to be on to something here — every time Congress gives itself a raise, it has to boost the minimum wage, too. “[F]or those who insist that raising the minimum wage would cause massive economic dislocation, I’d like to point out that Congress doubled the minimum wage in 1950 […]
Colin Powell wrote an op-ed for the New York Times yesterday that sought to mark New Year’s Day by “review[ing] the achievements of the year gone by and mak[ing] resolutions for the year ahead.” Fair enough. Powell’s mistakes had nothing to do with looking ahead; indeed, I can agree with nearly all of the foreign […]
I’m taking another day off, but I’ll be back tomorrow. Happy New Year.