by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 20, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Donald the Unready Betsy DeVos, whom Donald Trump has nominated as education secretary, doesn’t know basic education terms, doesn’t know about federal statutes governing special education, but thinks school officials should carry guns to defend against...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 28, 2016 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Why Corruption Matters Remember all the news reports suggesting, without evidence, that the Clinton Foundation’s fund-raising created conflicts of interest? Well, now the man who benefited from all that innuendo is on his way to the White House. And he’s...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 19, 2016 | • Politics, The 2016 Presidential Race
Vote as if It Matters Does it make sense to vote for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for president? Sure, as long as you believe two things. First, you have to believe that it makes no difference at all whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump moves into the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 16, 2016 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, The 2016 Presidential Race
Obama’s Trickle-Up Economics Only serious nerds like me eagerly await the annual Census Bureau reports on income, poverty and health insurance. But the just-released reports on 2015 justified the anticipation. We expected good news; but last year, it turns out,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 7, 2016 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Hillary Clinton, The 2016 Presidential Race
Hillary Clinton Gets Gored Americans of a certain age who follow politics and policy closely still have vivid memories of the 2000 election – bad memories, and not just because the man who lost the popular vote somehow ended up in office. For the campaign...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 24, 2016 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
In his critically acclaimed book ‘The Conscience of a Liberal’ Paul Krugman wrote: In this “clear, provocative” (Boston Globe) New York Times bestseller, Paul Krugman, today’s most widely read economist, examines the past eighty...
