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...very real crisis. Try raising a 6-month-old baby when your water has been cut off. Try coming back from your chemo appointment to find that your electricity isn't working. Try deciding whether to pay your rent this month to forestall eviction or fill your tank with gas so you don't get fired from your job. How dare we think of bailing out greedy people who bought McMansions they couldn't afford, when seniors and disabled people are losing basic necessities through no fault of their own? Marybeth Moore, HOLLYWOOD...
That McCain's complaint is sometimes overstated and imprudent, however, does not mean that it is wrong. The political press corps has a problem when Jon Stewart lampoons reporters for being even more in the tank for Obama than...
...economic-policy speech on July 7, John McCain promised to balance the federal budget, sort of. Actually, he said he would "demand" a balanced budget, but he never quite got around to saying how he would balance it. This set off a reflexive think-tank hiccup of outrage of the sort we've been living with since the days of Ronald Reagan. McCain's claim that he could achieve balance by cutting government spending elicited an immediate and justifiable Yeah, right from the experts. As always, he was fixated on cutting little things, the so-called earmarks that our legislators...
...favorite aspects of living in Washington and working at a think tank for the summer has been the ability to see and meet famous politicians, celebrated judges, and renowned scholars. But my most enjoyable experience so far has been meeting this ordinary person with an extraordinary story...
...also has a lot to do with why Brown opted for the beach houses and tearooms of Southwold. When the economy you've spent more than a decade running starts to tank, voters probably won't appreciate it if you head off to Greece or the Caribbean. A week in unglamorous Southwold also fits well with the slight air of austerity that Brown has used to mark a break with his flashier former boss and rival Blair, famous for his breaks in aging pop star Cliff Richard's Barbados house and Bee Gee Robin Gibb's Florida mansion. Britain...