The Denial came Monday and that’s really when the dance began. A Washington scandal never gets its legs until there’s a good denial out there. White House spokesman Scott McClellan issued The Denial, which is too bad; it’s best if The Denial comes from the mouth of the big guy himself. Monday Mr. McClellan denied […]

The scariest thing I heard last week was a radio interview with Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. Mr. Krugman said the federal deficit is growing so large and so quickly that one of three potential outcomes is nearly inevitable. Outcome one – higher taxes. It’s fairly certain George W. Bush will […]

Here’s more good news for the American taxpayer: Tuesday’s Washington Post reports that not only are foreign nations reluctant to send combat troops to Iraq, they’re now resisting the notion of sending money to help rebuild a nation that becomes more ravaged every day. Since the bombing of its Baghdad headquarters two weeks ago, the […]

Tuesday was not a good day. The Burlington morning newspaper waved a banner headline announcing IBM, the state’s largest employer, is cutting 500 jobs here. A chart accompanying the story showed IBM Vermont added 2,000 jobs during the eight years of the Clinton administration and every one of those jobs has disappeared in the 30 […]