In his radio address this week, President Bush speaks about energy. It all sounds good, but I can’t help but think that all of the planning that’s aimed at curbing consumption of oil and its refined products is ultimately going to consume greater amounts of my shrinking take-home earnings. My apologies for sounding so cynical … Read more
President Bush discussed the economy and the topic of so-called federal "earmarks" in this week’s radio address. THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Christmas is fast approaching, and I know many of you are busy trying to finish up your holiday shopping. This week, we received good news about the economy that should brighten the season and … Read more
Holly Ramer writes in today’s Concord Monitor New Hampshire Democrats emerged from today’s elections more powerful than they’ve been in 94 years with a landslide in the governor’s race, upsets in both congressional races and strong gains in the Legislature. Tom Fahey and Riley Yates write in the Union Leader Democrats took control of the … Read more
Regular readers may or may not know that Skip and I have another blog, GilfordGrok, where we cover issues relating to our home town, Gilford, NH. Both of us also happen to serve on the town’s Budget Committee (GBC) that passes final judgement on town and school spending proposals the voters ultimately vote upon. . … Read more
From National Geographic, I found this: An ancient period of global warming spurred the world’s first primates to spread from Asia to North America, new research shows. The article then went on to discuss mammal migration across North America: Gingerich’s team concludes that the tiny primates first appeared in China at the beginning of an … Read more
Wait a minute, I thought tax cuts added to the deficit? What is this? The New York Times (THE NEW YORK TIMES!) is reporting today (Saturday, where all good news that might help Bush gets relegated) that An unexpectedly steep rise in tax revenues from corporations and the wealthy is driving down the projected budget deficit … Read more