Little Rock Tip O’Neil, the iconic old Boston pol, and former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, once famously expressed the dicta, “all politics are local.” Even as the modern world is increasingly knitted together, that observation continues to hold in many areas. What may be changing is not the fact that all politics are local, but …
Category: National Politics
All Americans Need to Worry about the Roe vs. Wade Case
Little Rock All of the pundits and the smart money are saying that the Supreme Court, in arguments made currently on the Mississippi challenge to the 50-year-old decision, are going to sound the death knell on Roe v. Wade, if not now, then soon. This has been a fight for almost all of those fifty years, relentless on …
Mean-tested versus Entitlements
Pearl River I hate being one of those “I told you so” people, but anyone listening knows we predicted the “deal” on the social services infrastructure package would come in around $2 trillion, if there’ a deal at all. I hate these arguments about whether programs should be “entitlements,” meaning everyone benefits, or targeted and means-tested to …