To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Observercast

Congress Critters Can Be Lovable – For A Price

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER A counselor recently advised “an informal setting,” adding that it is “an effective way to build a better relationship.” That sounds like advice that a love counselor might offer to couples, but not so. This relationship is not about romance – but money. This particular counselor is a lobbyist for the health […]

The State Of Our Union

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH So the economy, it turns out, is better than it’s been since Barack Obama took office. We are better off today than we were five years ago. Who knew? Oh, I guess we knew that the housing market is recovering and unemployment is down, and some baby boomers are actually beginning to […]

High Taxes, Regulations And Doing Fine

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BY FROMA HARROP “The not so Golden State” is how a recent issue of The Economist magazine tags California’s business climate. It’s the latest in a trove of conservative literature trying to dance around the fact that high-tax, highly regulated, bureaucratic states can be economic powerhouses. The writers deal with the “problem” by burying reality […]

The White House And Campus Rape

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Last Wednesday, the White House announced that it was launching a new federal task force to address sexual assault on college campuses. “I’ve got your back,” the president said to the millions of American women [the White House report put the number at one in five] who are forced to have sex […]

To Roger Stone, Bridgegate ‘Cover-up’ Is Another Watergate – And He Would Know

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BY JOE CONASON Very few Republican operatives knew the Nixon gang as intimately as Roger Stone, the legendary trickster whose back is adorned with an enormous Tricky Dick tattoo. And very few know New Jersey politics as well as Stone, who toiled among the party faithful in many campaigns since 1980, when he first ran […]