So, it’s time to put away the old refrain, “Democrats aren’t fiscally responsible, and the Republicans are.”  Here’s a graph that puts that lie to bed for good.         National Debt Graph                  White House Data on Gross National Debt   This graph demonstrates that when debt to GDP is compared between Democratic Presidents and Republican Presidents that Republicans ...

"Small Government and Tax Cuts = Good!" Great slogan, too bad it doesn’t work out in the real world. Take a look at what’s going on in Colorado Springs right now ---here’s where ideology meets reality. We lived in Colorado Springs in the ‘90s and saw for ourselves what the ultra-conservative political climate has wrought in this lovely town. Here’s the background. In 1991 a man named Doug Bru ...

We’re losing our ability to lead in the world. The financial crisis caused by greed on Wall Street has hobbled our ability to influence friends and foes. But even more alarming, new questions about the United States are being raised around the world. Tom Friedman, New York Times columnist, reported from the Davos World Economic Forum that he “heard of a phrase being bandied about here by non-Am ...