Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Commentary » Blog Archive » Abbas Stiffs Obama on Direct Talks … Again

Commentary » Blog Archive » Abbas Stiffs Obama on Direct Talks … Again.

My Tax Burden

My Tax Burden.    The calculator shows you what you’ll pay if the Bush tax cuts remain in place, what you’ll pay with them removed (as they are about to be), and what you’ll pay under Obama’s tax proposals.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Commentary » Blog Archive » Palestinians Freak — No Direct Talks!

Commentary » Blog Archive » Palestinians Freak — No Direct Talks!.

Obama: Israelis suspicious of me because my middle name is Hussein - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Obama: Israelis suspicious of me because my middle name is Hussein - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News.

The Beholden State by Steven Malanga, City Journal Spring 2010

The Beholden State by Steven Malanga, City Journal Spring 2010. How public employees became members of the elite class in a declining California offers a cautionary tale to the rest of the country, where the same process is happening in slower motion. The story starts half a century ago, when California public workers won bargaining rights and quickly learned how to elect their own bosses—that is, sympathetic politicians who would grant them outsize pay and benefits in exchange for their support. Over time, the unions have turned the state’s politics completely in their favor. The result: unaffordable benefits for civil servants; fiscal chaos in Sacramento and in cities and towns across the state; and angry taxpayers finally confronting the unionized masters of California’s unsustainable government.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

New Generation of Supersonic Jets Aims to Get Rid of the Boom | Popular Science

New Generation of Supersonic Jets Aims to Get Rid of the Boom | Popular Science.

Biggs Sells Stocks on Concern U.S. Economy to Worsen - BusinessWeek

Biggs Sells Stocks on Concern U.S. Economy to Worsen - BusinessWeek.   Barton Biggs, whose investments in stocks 15 months ago gave his Traxis Partners LLC a 38 percent gain in 2009, said concern the economy will contract spurred him to sell almost all his U.S. technology shares this week.