And why you should too: To take the measure of this uncommonly interesting public man, begin with two related facts about him. Paul Ryan has at least 67 cousins in his Wisconsin hometown of Janesville , where there are six Ryan households within eight blocks of his home. And in his new book, “The Way …
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Recently, Barack Obama — a Demosthenes determined to elevate our politics from coarseness to elegance; a Pericles sent to ameliorate our rhetorical impoverishment — spoke at the University of Michigan. He came to that very friendly venue — in 2012, he received 67 percent of the vote in Ann Arbor’s county — after visiting a local sandwich …
Paul Krugman and the Truth Just Don’t Seem to Get Along
I won't hold my breath waiting for the New York Times to correct Paul Krugman's latest op-ed piece. But the New York Times really ought to correct Paul Krugman's latest op-ed piece. And perhaps it ought to discipline Krugman for being so cavalier with the facts, which in his op-ed, he pretends are "awkward" for the …
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Paul Ryan’s War on Poverty
I am glad to see that he is waging one, and I have no doubt that it is genuine. I also have no doubt that the Republican party needs to find its voice regarding this issue. For far too long, Democrats have owned this issue, and in the meantime, there has been little forward progress …
A License to Be Irresponsible
I am generally in favor of the Ryan-Murray budget deal. I think that it is probably the best deal that can be negotiated by Republicans under the circumstances; congressional Republicans only control the House and have to deal with a Democrat-controlled Senate and White House, so they are not going to get everything they want. …
Congressional Republicans Are NOT Retreating. They Are Simply Advancing in Reverse. And Don’t Anyone Dare Claim Otherwise.
Those who carefully peruse this op-ed by Paul Ryan will find upon careful reading--or via the Ctrl-F option--that the word "Obamacare" is not used once by Ryan. In writing on how Republicans and the Obama administration can come to some sort of agreement that will get the government open again, Ryan proposes the following: Here …
