Tag Archives: Paul Ryan
Courage and Wisdom on the Debt Commission:   Economist Alice Rivlin and Senator Tom Coburn Make Statements

Courage and Wisdom on the Debt Commission: Economist Alice Rivlin and Senator Tom Coburn Make Statements

Precious little about the way American “leaders” are facing the looming fiscal catastrophe inspires confidence.  The very fact that a commission was established to disarm our ticking debt bomb is itself a retreat from legislative responsibility.  And our our legislators, ...Read more

Political Speech, Even if Nasty, is Better for Democracy than Silence

Political Speech, Even if Nasty, is Better for Democracy than Silence

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

“Something the Founding Fathers Never Expected”

“Something the Founding Fathers Never Expected”

The Fiscal Solutions Tour led by David Walker, former US Comptroller General, drove in to Portsmouth, NH, for a group breakfast this morning.  The event was sponsored by the Concord Coalition, a flock of fiscal hawks launched in 1992 by ...Read more

Centrism in the Age of Partisanship: A Personal Perspective

Centrism in the Age of Partisanship: A Personal Perspective

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

Be Careful What you Wish For:  The States’ Wrong-headed Attack on Obamacare

Be Careful What you Wish For: The States’ Wrong-headed Attack on Obamacare

On Tuesday 71% of Missouri voters in a referendum elected to opt out of the federal government’s new requirement that all Americans buy healthcare insurance by 2014.  The vote is seen broadly as a measure of unhappiness with the healthcare ...Read more