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Pay no attention to that recession
The soon-to-be-installed Republican majority in the US House of Representatives has made no secret that one of their main objectives in the coming legislative session will be the full-scale repeal of...
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Economic nationalism!
Apologies if this comic seems a bit more absurd than usual. For those who miss the reference, I’m paying homage to the surprisingly insightful Dinosaur Comics of Ryan North, a fellow I met last week at...
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Ireland’s breakfast of champions
It was not too long ago that Ireland was being heralded as Europe’s great success story; a country that had gone from back-breaking poverty as late as the 1950s, to an unprecedented economic wealth in...
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Harpernomics
I’ve often written about the ideological credentials of Stephen Harper on this site, and highlighted the massive, disappointing disconnect between what the man has (very articulately) stated he...
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Half-solutions to the debt
In the wake of last week’s big, drawn-out legislative compromise over the passage of America’s 2011 operating budget, attention has quickly shifted to the matter of future budgets, and how to best...
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Doomsday for Boehner
Regardless of what you think of the man, or the party he leads, it’s very difficult to deny that Republican House Speaker John Boehner has simply been a better negotiator during this current round of...
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Learning from Canada
A number of readers have been asking me how America’s debt crisis, and ensuing credit rating downgrade, has been portrayed in Canada. The answer: very smugly. You see, Canada also once had its credit...
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Class civil warfare
Claiming it would help slash trillions of dollars from the next decade of deficits, President Obama once again called for increased taxation on America’s wealthiest citizens yesterday, embracing his...
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Passing the Recession Graveyard
Here’s a fun question: in the years since the current global economic recession struck in late 2008, how many western world leaders have been able to win re-election? Our own Stephen Harper would be...
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Avoid the Cliff!
I’ve never been part of a formal negotiation before, but from what I hear it’s usually a fairly hellish ordeal. Hilariously unreasonable — even insulting — demands are presented under the guise of...
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