As if landing the Olympics wasn’t trouble enough already, now it could come with the requirement of passing newly expanded police powers: Countries could be barred from hosting the Olympics, starting with the 2018 games, if they don’t have laws … Continue reading
I didn’t have much room in yesterday’s Metro column to discuss all the ways in which same-sex couples (and unmarried mixed-sex couples) are discriminated against in tax law, Social Security benefits, etc; fortunately, Michele Forsten has a longer piece in … Continue reading
Paul Krugman has an excellent column in today’s New York Times, making some of the same points I made last week about how education and other social services (food stamps, anyone?) are just as deserving as “stimulus” spending as, say, … Continue reading