Political Disfunction

Bloomberg Republicans to Pass Ryan Budget in Next Spending Battle April 15, 2011, 1:06 PM EDT More From Businessweek By Brian Faler (Updates with quote from McCarthy in third paragraph, West in 11th paragraph.) April 15 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House is poised to approve a budget that would make spending cuts and overhaul Medicare and help define Washington’s debate on its finances into...   Read more »

Free Lunch... 900 teachers just got laid off from the Los Angeles Unified School District. They are $650,000 over their annual budget. The following English teacher helps to explain one area that looms large over California’s educational crisis. This English teacher has phrased it the best I've seen yet. "As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal...   Read more »

With the White House, Senate and House no closer to agreeing on a long-term spending plan to avert a gov't shutdown, House Republicans turn back to a familiar fix — a stopgap spending bill. - Foxnews   Read more »

After almost a year of the trickle down affect education in America takes again another hit all over the country. Also wasn't is just about 6 months ago when President Obama spoke to the issue about how far American education is behind many other countries in Math and Science. So when when it's an election year why is it that every politician running says how much they feel Education needs help...   Read more »

Chas Freeman was U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989-1992, serving during Operation Desert Storm. He was also the president of the Middle East Policy Council. In a phone conversation, Freeman paints a very gloomy portrait of how the Arab Street and longtime rulers are responding to America’s actions in the region. “The most recent set of revolutions has proven, not just to...   Read more »

Well here we go again, another several billion's of dollars U.S. intervention. I know this is a bit simplistic but why does the U.S. government need to spend billions and past on the cost to the United States taxpayers when a couple of million dollars would most likely get the job done? Is not the overall goal to get rid of Gadhafi? I mean with our elite spacial forces and weaponry being advanced...   Read more »

While America Slept Public ignorance and the coming budget emergency. As events abroad rivet the media’s attention, the outlines are being drawn for a fiscal debate that will shape both the 2012 election and our economic future. Over the past few weeks, important documents have appeared which make it clear that the situation is...   Read more »