Congratulations, average woman of America! Today, April 9, 2013, it is Equal Pay Day: you have caught up to what your male counterpart earned in 2012. Bask in it for a while before you start thinking about when you’ll catch up to what he’s making in 2013. Overall, women make 77 cents on the man’s… Read more »
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In NYT’s Cornucopia of Stories on 2016 Prospects, It’s Hillary 1, GOP and Joe Biden Zero
Campaign 2016 has already started, and the New York Times weighed in on the presidential hopefuls in three stories Tuesday. So far, it's a hail for Hillary, a ho-hum greeting for Joe Biden, and hostility toward Republican governors Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal. David Halbfinger's Tuesday front-page story was loaded with hostility toward New Jersey's… Read more »
GOP senator: ‘Let’s use the debt limit. Yeah, it’s leverage.’
If you love it when Congress inflicts economic crisis upon America, I’ve got some great news for you: Republican Sen. Rob Portman made the case on Tuesday morning for putting the country through another debt limit crisis, saying that he sees the debt limit as “leverage” for his party on fiscal policy. “This notion that… Read more »
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: It’s not just going away edition
Carl Hiaasen divulges the not-so-secret purpose of the NRA Like most gun owners in this country, I’m not an NRA member. It’s possible that Wayne LaPierre got my name off a mailing list from catalogs that sell hunting gear. LaPierre is the NRA’s perpetually apoplectic “executive vice president.” You see him on TV preaching against… Read more »