When President Obama defiantly stated last week that he absolutely will not debate Congress over raising the debt ceiling, he was trying to send a message not to his Republican adversaries but to the American people whose future is very much dependent on how that very debate is resolved. It wasn’t exactly a knockout punch […]
Archives for January 2013
Is Paying Taxes Patriotic? How Can it Not Be?
As another new year begins, we again have the opportunity to reflect on the state of our collective consciousness. What ails us? What might be our cure? In my youth, I used to make a list of New Year’s resolutions, thereby following instructions from my mother, who always urged me to learn from my mistakes […]