For those screaming about the “Obama recession,” look at this chart. The red bars show jobs lost under Bush (from January, 2008, getting worse every month). The blue bars show jobs lost under Obama (a gradual reduction in the number of jobs lost every month).
A country can’t recover in 12 months from the worst economic [...]
On a radio call-in show this morning, macho military guys were trembling in their boots about what might happen if gays serve their country openly. The machos are terrified of being “approached in the shower” or otherwise sexually harassed. Funny, but guys never obsess over the harassment (including rape) visited by straights on military women. [...]
Fixing Social Security for the Boomers and beyond is a simple job. Blueprints abound, as they have for years. An adjustment in the payout formulas for new retirees (including a higher retirement age) and a small payroll tax increase would do the job. Gen X could then count on Social Security when they retire.
So why [...]
