“We’re much more ready this time than last time. And we’re taking very seriously the lessons learned from Katrina” — President Bush on disaster preparedness, and why FEMA isn’t a problem.
Funny that Bush should say that he’s learned his lesson from Katrina. California is currently facing a major levee crisis. [...]

The United States economy is strong and growing. This is great news for the country. Economic growth means more employment opportunity, greater tax revenue, and, most importantly, less pressure on America’s poverty-stricken. That being said, it is important to look ahead, so that the economy will continue to grow in the future. [...]

Yesterday I discussed the great myth that our dependency on foreign oil is driving up the cost of gasoline. Today I’m going to tackle the intricacies of the federal budget, and try to get to the bottom of the other great conservative myth: the drastic increase in unnecessary federal spending, typified by a sharp [...]

I watched a press conference by the American Conservative Union this morning and, I have to say, it was one of the most absurd pieces of political theater I have ever witnessed. Essentially, they were railing against the House and Senate for out-of-control spending and out-of-control deficits. They scoffed at the absurdity of [...]

A recent poll of new Jersey voters suggests that they are unsatisfied with the current governor’s budget.
“Just 10 percent of registered voters say they are satisfied with Corzine’s $30.9 billion budget plan, and six in 10 voters believe Corzine’s plan is more of the same political dealings instead of a product of tough, thoughtful choices, [...]

Before I get into the topic of today, which is the unfortunately nepotistic relationship between my alma mater and the Bush Administration, there are two things that need to be said.
First, when you have time, go read this article in today’s New York Times, which tells the story of one of the Iraqi oil pipelines [...]

I’ve been grappling with this question all day, and have yet to come up with a reasonable answer:
Are the Public Schools supposed to prepare people to work in the real world? Or are they supposed to create an environment that is most conducive to learning? Or is it some of both?
That question was [...]

In my copy of the Boston Globe today, I was confronted with the headline “State widens teaching of abstinence“. Apparently, Gov. Mitt Romney, in his continuing attempts to demonstrate to the Religious Right that a Mormon from Massachusetts is actually one of their guys, announced yesterday that “the state will funnel nearly $1 million [...]

In case you hadn’t heard, Chinese President Hu Jintao is meeting with President Bush in the Oval Office this morning. As one might expect, this has ignited the usual chorus of people concerned that the United States is losing its competitive edge, or that China is becoming a global threat, or that they will [...]

Professors Walt and Mearsheimer, respectively of Harvard and Chicago, recently released a working paper that has caused quite a bit of controversy lately. Unfortunately, most of that controversy has revolved around whether or not Mr. Walt or Mr. Mearsheimer are anti-Semitic because they dared to criticize Israeli policies and to blame the United States’ [...]