I have been saying for months and months and months that there was no such thing as a fiscal cliff, that there was no way either party was going to let the tax rates go up for 98% of the population, and that there was...
I am a sucker for new year's resolutions. I like the whole thing - evaluating the year behind and goal-setting for the year ahead. The whole thing is fun for me, but also serves as a sort of motivator and bench-marking tool in terms of...
My tax rates are going up in 2013 no matter what. They always were going to. Investment rates are going up to some degree; that also was never in doubt (though the extent of the increase remains unknown). Any substantive addressing of...
My conservative friends who think that always holding a hard line is the best thing for the brand of Republicanism as well as my purist friends who mistake idealism for progress are BOTH wrong. I want to be on record as saying that while...
The election results of 2012, despite a few victories around the country (Heller over Berkeley in the Nevada Senate race; Jeff Flake in the Arizona Senate race; the GOP House keeping a few key seats and certainly the overall majority), were mostly an utter disaster...
I have been inundated with emails, tweets, texts, messages, and inquiries over the last 24 hours wondering how I am doing. I am deeply appreciative of the concern. I was highly vested in the Presidential election and I was both surprised and disappointed...
Some quick anecdotal thoughts on the election tomorrow … (1) There are four new national polls that came out today: Gallup, Rasmussen, CNN, and Monmouth/Survey USA. Gallup and Rasmussen have Romney up 1 point, and Monmouth and CNN have it as a tie. The Monmouth...
I want to say this in case it can be of any practical benefit to thosereading it: I PROMISE you that at this point there is no point in paying attention to the press, polls, etc. The spin will be out in full force...
The below piece represents a rough transcription of the speech I recently delivered to the annual donor's conference of the Center for Cultural Leadership in northern California. For more information on the Center, where I serve as Senior Fellow of Economics and Finance, please...
No, the title of this piece is not intended to merely be an attention-grabber; I really, really mean it. I have written a lot of things over the years, and I have (and continue to) felt very strongly about a lot of things. ...
