Political Commentary for Reasonable People
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box Monday, and along with his usual comments about the stock market, there was substantial discussion about tax policy.
Buffett has become controversial for his complaint that he pays a lower marginal … More…
“To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea but in the course of recent history”—former Sen. George McGovern, (defeated) Democratic presidential candidate, 1972.
Liberalism has two … More…
“The [Bush] aide said that guys like me were ‘in what we call the reality-based community,’ which he defined as people who ‘believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.’
“‘That’s not the way the world really … More…
Independents are the largest political bloc in the US, but our views occupy only a small part of the national conversation.
Why? Because cable news and the blogosphere—the principal public outlets for political discourse in this country—are sharply polarized between … More…
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