Jane Chastain : Politically Direct

A dark cloud is behind every rainbow. Don’t enjoy flowers because they wither. If you get lemons, make sour water. Rich people are bad and must be punished. Smiling will make you sick. The U.S. isn’t strong enough to win a war against thugs and, by the way, Santa Claus is dead.  Read the rest of this entry »

Democrats in the House of Representatives have an ambitious list of proposals they will try to ram through in their first 100 hours at the controls. While some are worthwhile, even laudable, others are counterproductive. However, the one proposal that is most likely to pass both houses of Congress and be signed into law by President Bush – raising the minimum wage – represents the worst kind of political pandering. Read the rest of this entry »