Just about a year ago, a Deutchebank analyst figured out that by the end of this summer, more than half the mortgages in the country would be underwater. That process has begun. In May the mortgage delinquency rate - which the Masters of the Universe and their media puppets insisted would d/

The Israeli attack on the humanitarian aid flotilla has rightfully scandalized the world but it has also brought out the flocks of rabid pro-Israeli zealots who viciously attack anyone anywhere who dares to suggest that Israel isn't always right about everything all the time. It might be important t

OK, what am I missing here?

The economy is growing steadily but slowly. The latest sign was a report Tuesday that industrial production rose a better-than-expected 0.8 percent in November. The portion of industrial capacity in use rose to 71.3 percent, from 70.6 percent in October. It shows that fac

Just a little while ago our gallant Democrat Senate - and I quote - "easily" defeated Bernie Sanders' bill to put a 15% cap on credit card interest rates the same day that CBS did a segment on the banks' sudden raising of already usurious rates on some of their

Anybody who's been reading me for any length of time isn't going to be surprised but it's coming as a shock to a lot of people. The NYT is all "Who could have expected this?"

As the operations manager of an outreach center for the homeless here, Paul

Avedon Carol says as well and as succinctly as it can probably be said.

I really, really wish Obama would stop using language that suggests that he thinks the Republicons are right about Social Security. Social Security is paid for. Social Security is not the thing that is sucking the

How many times have you heard that from a conservative when you suggested health care for children or a boost in the minimum wage or a bigger education budget? Just about every time, I bet. It's one of their favorite aphorisms.

Apparently that's all out the window when it comes

Raw Story reports that Karl Rove skipped the country to avoid answering a Congressional subpoena.

A House subcommittee voted 7-1 Thursday to reject Rove's claim that executive privilege freed him from an obligation to testify, leaving open the possibility the Republican political guru will be held

There's a lot of speculation going around about this surprise pick (just this morning I agreed with Kevin Hayden that it was most likely going to be Bush fave and equal unknown Rob Portman). What does it mean? Why did he do it? From the Female Angle to the Experience