Michael JF Matheron, March 4. 2015 With their iconic elephant in the lead, the debt limit carnival is upon us, as in again and again. We’ll hold our collective breath as we await news...
Three Days Until Fiscal Cliff — Will A House Progressive Uprising Scuttle A Deal? By Michael Matthew Bloomer, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Deadlines imminent! Tea Party cooperation missing! Economy jeopardized! Progressives restive! Obama miffed!...
Here you go! Left, right, middle, or unassigned, read it and jump for joy, wail and gnash your teeth, yawn your best yawn, say “tsk-tsk” a lot, or realize you’d rather catch up on...
Here’s the official White House Fact Sheet: Bipartisan Debt Deal: A Win for the Economy and Budget Discipline, officially and graciously annotated for you by the staff of They Will Say ANYTHING! We’re none...
Among commentators almost everywhere, this July was a month of growing worry about the likelihood of raising the debt ceiling. The Treasury bond market, often a bellwether of investor nervousness, basked in overall confidence, however....
“They all step back and say — ‘The president needs to get this done.’ At a certain point they need to do their job.’” President Barack Obama, press conference, 06-29-2011 For many years people...
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, 1908-2006 ………………………………. Dear Editor: Atlas...
With Halloween approaching, John McCain has unveiled yet another way to incite fear in his crowds: a possible Democratic House, Senate, and Presidency! Beeeee Scaaaaared. . . And truly, this vision pushes the wingnut’s...
