Paul Krugman, in his most recent column, claims that, while new budget projections show a cumulative deficit of $9 trillion over the next decade, such deficits are manageable by historical standards, and the real danger going forward is political. But what about all that debt we’re incurring? That’s a bad thing, but it’s important to…
By Don Pelton I felt some melancholy when I read the recent article in the Tahoe Daily about the death of an air tanker pilot fighting a wildland fire northeast of Fallon, Nevada. Of course, I felt sorrow for the pilot, but my melancholy had to do with the fact that Fallon — and…
A case can be made that ignorance is a national resource. That sounds like an absurd proposition on the face of it, doesn’t it? But all you have to do is update that old adage from the fifties: “What’s good for General Motors is good for the country.” Change it to “What’s good for…