Michigan Republicans are exemplifying their favorite talking point:  Government has the unique ability to be incredibly ineffective while also demanding we pay outrageous fees for their services to do so.

The propaganda being played out now is in the Michigan House and Senate, where the fina… Read full post »

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest employment numbers Friday, and for someone who claims to be a “small government” politician, Governor Snyder must be making his Republican Tea Party allies and their corporate funders angry.

Michigan’s unemployment rate increased… Read full post »

For the first time in history, the U.S. credit rating was downgraded from a prized AAA status to a riskier AA+ credit rating by Standard & Poor.  S&P cited its decision in part on the political gridlock in Washington preventing a viable solution to the long term structural debt crisis fa… Read full post »

Governor Snyder claims to be unsure of the consequences of a debt default for our federal government.  As a career businessman who campaigned on being “one tough nerd,” surely he has done a great deal of investing in his day.  It seems outrageous that he has any doubts as to the… Read full post »

The United States government is scheduled to default on its debt Tuesday, and based on the political posturing of House Republicans, it is clear they are unaware of how the flow of government cash and assets work behind the scenes.  With another delay on a deal to resolve this fabricated crisis,… Read full post »

The political grandstanding about the debt ceiling “debate” has climaxed to a point beyond rationality, with Social Security finding itself subject to the slash and burn motif of the Great Recession.  But contrary to popular belief, it is one of the financially healthiest programs ru… Read full post »

Controversy has enthralled Julea Ward, an expelled former graduate student at Eastern Michigan University.  Ms. Ward was studying counseling at EMU, whereupon being assigned to counsel a gay student on his romantic relationship she refused, citing religious beliefs and requested the student be t… Read full post »

Waking up to the headlines that 15-year-olds in China’s Shanghai rank number one internationally in math, science, and reading is not surprising to me.

The U.S?  We’re about middle of the pack and certainly front in line when it comes to how unaware we are of this epidemic—m… Read full post »

Once again, Republicans have effectively convinced a plurality of people to vote against their economic interests.  For another two years, our government will continue to be a target of voter frustrations as a recalcitrant minority insists upon promoting an economic agenda that is neither widely… Read full post »