So the president went to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and asked the nation’s CEOs to give a shit about someone other than themselves. He promised them he will work on that pesky tax code (the one with the loopholes they exploit? That one.) He said he’d go after “unnecessary and outdated regulations” — whatever [...]

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RSA Animate has created an excellent piece of animation based on David Harvey’s lecture on the causes of the current global economic meltdown, “Crises of Capitalism.” As a lecture, Harvey’s critique of the various standard explanation for the current crisis and placement of the implosion into a historical context is worth listening to on its [...]

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The Taliban claims to have captured two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, while U.S. missiles kill 16 “militants” in Northwest Pakistan. Meanwhile my kids’ school district is cutting over a hundred jobs and consolidating schools. Unemployment remains at about 10 percent (which translate up to 16 percent, at least) when it took Congress 7 weeks to [...]

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This Bloomberg poll report is making the liberal rounds, but it is irresistible: At the same time, 70 percent of those who sympathize with the Tea Party, which organized protests this week against President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, want a federal government that fosters job creation. They also look to the government to rein in [...]

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Of the various ONOZ!1 raised by lay (non-)economists, Charles Krauthammer booga-boogaz the VAT threat. Let me shorter: The high cost of Obamacare (sic) will force the U.S. government to levy a Value-Added Tax regime, turning us into German Diaper Babies or Vichy French Mimes or something. Well, I am certainly a lay (non-)economist, so naturally [...]

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Walt Disney + Jim Carrey + Robert Zemeckis + 3D animation + The Valley of the Uncanny + Charles Dickens = money that could have saved a few state social programs for the poor and the needy. I sense some irony here. The only “Christmas Carol” worth watching (not counting The Muppets.)

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This cartoon was made for walking. This week I started drawing at a new studio space I am renting near my house. I have wanted a studio outside of my house for so very freaking long, so I was glad to hear from friend, fellow Cartoonist With Attitude Barry Goddam Deutsch that a space was [...]

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Jeeziz, this is depressing. Tens of thousands of laid-off workers like Mr. Hutchins have turned to retraining as a lifeline. Yet for all the popularity of these government-financed programs, there are questions about whether they actually work, even as President Obama’s stimulus plan directs $1.4 billion more to retraining and other services for people who [...]

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A new study finds the obvious: if Mexicans cannot find jobs in the U.S. or other countries, they stay home. Or, more accurately, the lack of jobs in the U.S. and the increased cost of getting past tightened border security have discouraged unauthorized immigration by Mexican workers: Mexican and American researchers say that the current [...]

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As part of a project for my library I am reading Taran Rampersad’s Making Your Mark in Second Life: Business, Land, and Money and found this observation on virtual real estate, well, darkly comic in light of the last 18 months: Mainland real estate is a very interesting thing. Because the land is purchased through [...]

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