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This week it is easy to believe that the real problem with our democracy is that there is too much money in politics.  The relentless barrage of negative advertising re-enforces all of our worst fears about the dishonest and unethical ...Read more

“With their votes, the American people asked for change. They cast their ballots in favor of a New Direction.  They called for greater integrity in Washington, and Democrats pledge to make this the most honest, ethical, and open Congress in ...Read more

The turbulent politics of today has a lot of us asking ourselves where we stand.  The political ground is shifting quickly in this century, amid crises of terror, finance, unemployment, disaster, immigration, and burgeoning nation debt.    The political bases are ...Read more

President Obama submitted a budget earlier this year that includes soaring debt and deficits that even White House Director of Management and Budget Peter Orszag admitted are “unsustainable.”   Perhaps not wanting to showcase an equally irresponsible budget, Congress is not ...Read more

“Budget?  We don’t need no stinking budget.” That is what Congressional Democrats seem to be saying, kind of like the classic line from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (“Badges?  I don’t have to show you no stinking badges!”).  Until ...Read more