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NY Times: Labor Board's Critics See a Bias Against Workers
Taking aside my mixed feelings about unions, the point to be made here is that the US's two-party system has led to a degradation in the nature of public debate and addressing issues. It doesn't always have to be about the endless tug-of-war, in which each party always does as much to flex its power while it has it . . . but you wouldn't know that from how the US political parties do business.
NY Times: In Plan to Reduce Deficit, White House Turns to Old Projections
This is simply ridiculous. (And I must say that the NYT did an amusingly good job of saying this without actually saying it.) I fervently hope that tomorrow's edition will include quotes from politicians from both sides of the aisle to the effect that this is bullshit--in just about that many words.
Truth in advertising for politicians, anyone? (If a corporation made an analogous claim, I'm pretty sure they could get sued. No such luck for the US government, I fear.)
Taking aside my mixed feelings about unions, the point to be made here is that the US's two-party system has led to a degradation in the nature of public debate and addressing issues. It doesn't always have to be about the endless tug-of-war, in which each party always does as much to flex its power while it has it . . . but you wouldn't know that from how the US political parties do business.
NY Times: In Plan to Reduce Deficit, White House Turns to Old Projections
This is simply ridiculous. (And I must say that the NYT did an amusingly good job of saying this without actually saying it.) I fervently hope that tomorrow's edition will include quotes from politicians from both sides of the aisle to the effect that this is bullshit--in just about that many words.
Truth in advertising for politicians, anyone? (If a corporation made an analogous claim, I'm pretty sure they could get sued. No such luck for the US government, I fear.)