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Back to Just (An) Economist Mom 10 Jan 2013 | 11:18 pm
After 4 and 3/4 years and 932 posts (counting this one), I’m putting down my pen as “the EconomistMom” (capital-E, capital-M, smooshed together) and going back to being (more ordinarily) just (an) eco...
Over the Cliff and Yet Back in the Same Place 2 Jan 2013 | 10:37 pm
It’s as if we’ve just survived a near-death experience. (Image above from NPR.) Like we followed the light and even saw the pearly gates and then miraculously were sucked back down into our bed over...
Doomsday for the Cliff Deal 21 Dec 2012 | 06:22 pm
All over an unwillingness to convince his colleagues to let tax rates come back up (as scheduled) on (even) the very richest, any “deal” between Boehner and Obama is off –at least until after Christma...
Dealing with the Cliff Is the Easy Part 7 Dec 2012 | 08:17 pm
Just ask Alice! Alice Rivlin and Pete Domenici have put out “Domenici-Rivlin 2.0″ as a guidebook for policymakers negotiating and still struggling with this well-hyped “fiscal cliff” issue. The plan...
Alan Simpson Has a Message for the Young People 5 Dec 2012 | 09:07 pm
(I have to admit I do “instagram” some of my best meals–and I’m not even young.)
Grover, They’re Just Not That Into You Anymore 27 Nov 2012 | 05:34 pm
Some pledges are meant to be broken, once the only reason you’re keeping them is because those you’ve made them to keep telling you (in not such nice ways) “but you promised.” People grow up and grow...
The Sticking Point on Taxes Gets Less Sticky 26 Nov 2012 | 08:22 pm
Lori Montgomery’s front page story in today’s Washington Post sounds like a downer, entitled (in the print edition) “Taxes still the big ‘cliff’ hang-up.” Indeed, really since the George W. Bush Admin...
The Angry Old People Are Back 18 Nov 2012 | 11:34 pm
I’ve long thought of AARP as an “old people’s” organization, which might be enough reason to resist joining despite the attractive discounts and other benefits. (Who wants to admit they’re now a card...
Onward 7 Nov 2012 | 09:40 pm
Well, now that that’s over, it’s time to get to work. The Concord Coalition’s executive director, Bob Bixby, explains it this way in a Concord blog post: If the country is on an unsustainable fiscal...
Happy Election Day - Go Vote! 6 Nov 2012 | 06:41 pm
I am SO hoping that things get resolved tonight so we can get onto all the work those politicians will need to get done before they start campaigning again. I give you a CNN video of the “campaign in ...
