Joe, Nick, and Allison gather to discuss the most recent BLS jobs report and what it means for the economy. Spoiler alert: Ben Bernanke is not doing his job correctly. They also turn to a discussion of 2016, specifically what…
So conservatives love them some Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan right now. He just made Michigan a “right to work” state. They can’t get enough of him. Did he veto voter screening legislation? Did he concede that the auto bailout worked?…
Michelle Malkin is that special brand of talking head capable of making Ann Coulter seem like William F. Buckley. I’m not sure whether she is so closed-minded that she doesn’t understand the simple subjects she tries to comment upon, or…
Enjoy 12/12/12…it’s the last repeating date until 1/1/(210)1 Is America moving to the Left? I say it’s a bit much to take “tolerance at the margins” as a sign of serious change. Fiscal cliff update: Both sides basically sent their…
That’s right, we’re not going to talk at all about fiscal cliff at all this week. Joe, Nick, Allison and Kathryn discuss Jim DeMint’s departure from the Senate and the role the Heritage Foundation might play in the new conservative…
Bill O’Reilly says something statistically insignificant about “right-to-work” states. Except this figure is driven entirely by North Dakota’s energy boom and the agricultural sector states. Fun fact…8 of the 12 lowest employed states are right-to-work states. I like Nick Kristof, which…
The Wall Street Journal is a loyal cog in the Rupert Murdoch conservative propaganda machine. Many mornings I find that their columnists have almost magically concocted responses to the prevailing facts of the day — facts that routinely undermine the…
When I previously wrote about the tragic, private equity driven bankruptcy of Hostess Brands — a bankruptcy that Hostess tried to publicly blame on a labor union to divert attention from its efforts to load the company with debt before…
Hostess Brands, the makers of Twinkies, Ho-Hos, Wonder Bread, and Drake’s Cakes, announced this morning that it will be shutting down its operations. The company explained that will close 33 bakeries and 565 distribution centers, laying off most of its 18,500…
