In an email to Bloomberg News, French economist Thomas Piketty called the criticism of his work “just ridiculous.” Piketty had earlier offered a longer but somewhat nebulous response to Financial Times. The gist of it was that his argument was
In a piece published today, the Washington Post editorial board says the problem at the VA is the same problem experienced within other parts of the government: a stagnant bureaucracy protected by political favoritism. As the editorial board notes, the
HOUSTON, Texas–President Barrack Obama nominated San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on May 23rd in spite of his city’s alleged misuse of funds from that same federal department. The acceptance of the nomination
On May 25 Representative Peter King (R-N.Y.) called for more background checks because California gunman Elliot Rodger passed background checks. King joined Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) last year and “introduced a bill…that would extend background to include most private transactions.”
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that the CIA’s top officer in Kabul was revealed by the White House on Saturday to news organizations during President Obama’s surprise visit with U.S. troops. According to the Post, the White House saw
The Washington Post reported today : The CIA’s top officer in Kabul was exposed Saturday by the White House when his name was inadvertently included on a list provided to news organizations of senior U.S. officials participating in President Obama’s
On May 23, the left’s favorite new socialist-themed economics book was criticized in one of the world’s leading business newspapers. This sharp criticism caused both The New York Times and The Washington Post to rush to defend the book and criticize
There is currently a lot of talk in Texas about how to turn the state blue, or how to keep it red. The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) however, is more interested in how to turn the state green. Heather Fazio,
Two more arrests were made Thursday in the case of the crazed blogger, Clayton Thomas Kelly, who allegedly illegally entered the nursing home occupied by Rose Cochran, wife of Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), and photographed her. The arrests, according to The Clarion-Ledger, were
On Friday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough took issue with Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s (D-WV) suggestion that opposition aimed at ObamaCare was rooted in racism. Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson responded to Scarborough by reacting to Sen. Ron Johnson
On Tuesday, the Washington Post revealed a memorandum dated April 26, 2010, sent from the Deputy Undersecretary for Health for Operations and Management (10N) to Network Director (10N1-23). That memo spelled out 17 methods being used by VA hospitals to
On Wednesday’s “The O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer commented on President Barack Obama’s statement earlier in the day to the ongoing VA Hospital scandal. Krauthammer indicated that Obama seems to avoid accountability for
CNN’s John King, Bloomberg’s Margaret Talev and the Washington Post’s Dan Balz argued in a panel discuss on Wednesday’s episode of “New Day” that the VA scandal could become a major political problem. King said that many Democrats saw the
Obamacare customers caught lying on their applications in an effort to bag bigger taxpayer-funded subsidies could get slapped with a $25,000 to $250,000 fine. Page 409 of the recently released Health and Human Services regulations states that “any person who
The folks at Wikileaks are irate about the decision at The Intercept to redact the name of a country whose cell phone calls are being mass-monitored by the NSA, according to documents provided by Edward Snowden. That Glenn Greenwald believed there was
Even in light of the firestormthat brought down metadata giant inBloom,data tracking of children is still here. Nationwide,states are required by law to collect and store student data as part of theprime directive to move students down the college and
On Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer sounded off on the revelations of the dire problems with the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital throughout the country, which he tied to it being a
A Chilean activist going by the name “Papas Fritas” (Fried Potatoes) is facing one to five years in prison for allegedly burning $500 million in debt papers belonging to a Chilean for-profit university and displaying the ashes as “art.” Papas
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — In her first public appearance since her dismissal from The New York Times, former executive editor Jill Abramson compared herself to a new college graduate: “scared but also a little excited.” “What’s next for me? I
If Hillary Clinton has come close to making a decision about running for president in 2016, she is keeping it so close to the vest–or the pantsuit–that even her inner circle doesn’t know. In yet another will she/won’t she run
I was surprised but pleased when people began calling to tell me that, in her much discussed Vanity Fair piece, Monica Lewinsky referred to one of my books, which was first published in 2002. Lewinsky writes that the “culture of humiliation”
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s speech on Saturday to graduates of Grove City College in Pennsylvania may have been the first sign that he is developing an organization for a potential 2016 presidential run. His speech may have also given some
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Terrorist attack in Nairobi, Kenya, causes mass evacuations Serious human rights problems arise in eastern Ukraine and Crimea Terrorist attack in Nairobi, Kenya, causes mass evacuations Kenyan officials were furious on Wednesday after Britain,
On Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist George Will reacted to the Veterans Affairs scandal by explaining how this serves as a model of things to come as it pertains the future of government’s involvement
On Thursday’s “The O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer offered an optimistic forecast for the GOP in the 2016 presidential elections. Krauthammer based on fatigue from President Barack Obama and overestimating the popularity of
