The True Dream Ticket

Bill Richardson has endorsed Barack Obama. As it’s very clear that Richardson is hoping to get the Veep nod, the endorsement strike me as highly significant. Hillary has tried to slough it off, but I believe that this is the…

Are We About to See a New Deal II?

I know there’s a palpable fear out there about government getting too large, particularly in light of how the Bush administration has grown it since 9/11, but is there a possibility that we could be on the verge of another…

Typical Clinton Opacity

So, Obama has just released — for the *second* time — a list of his “earmarks,” i.e., those pet projects for local Illinois entities for which he sought funding. Earmarks are typically derided as pork barrel spending, although I don’t…