Once again, I’m perplexed by the inability of the Senate to do what has always been routine–extend unemployment benefits during a recession. I’m equally perplexed by the silence from the White House on the issue–Obama should be out there every day demanding that the benefits be extended, and chiding Republicans and recalcitrant Democrats for their [...]

I’ve been accused of blindly blaming the Republican Party for too many things. But this is one even my most conservative friends agree on. Both parties have always agreed to extend unemployment benefits during recessions. It makes economic sense, and it’s the most humane thing government can do when its citizens are economically stressed. First [...]

I somehow failed to post this last week. It went out to my syndicate, but I forgot to put it on the site. So, you get a twofer today. The churning of industries and jobs is often referred to as the creative destruction of capitalism. While the loss of an industry is often a local [...]

With job creation at the top of the economic wish list as the nation slowly recovers from the deep recession, and with the Afghanistan decision made, Obama last week convened a jobs summit. The truth is, and everyone knows it, there’s little more that can be done to create the millions of jobs needed to [...]

I join the growing chorus of critics who don’t believe that Obama has focused enough on job creation. In fact, I’m more than a little disappointed in the tepid performance by Democrats in general. They won the election by large margins, yet they seem afraid to lead. The Republicans have been successful at all kinds [...]

Great news. The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its 52-week high the other day. The economy continues to show signs of recovering from the worst recession since the Great Depression. But where are the jobs? How many years will it take to absorb the massive numbers of unemployed, not to mention the new high school [...]

Both my kids are in college. The bad news is, I have several more years of tuition to pay. the good news is, the economy might have recovered enough by the time they graduate that I won’t have to support them for years afterward. I hope.