By BONNIE ERBE, Scripps Howard News Service
Economics disfigured
For years, government figures on economic growth (or lack thereof) have mystified me as being so far out of whack with reality as to bare little or no resemblance to it. This is true for figures on economic growth, job creation and inflation. In 2005 I wrote:
Sweet music fish make
The more I learn about fish, the less I find myself able to eat them. I am now and have been for close to a decade a vegetarian of a particular subspecies.
Exactly which democrat should drop out?
Here's a statement you're hearing all over the place: one of the Democratic presidential candidates should drop out of the race. Here's a suggestion you'll hear nowhere else: Why shouldn't that person be Sen. Barack Obama?
Red Hills tragedy
Earlier this month there was a series of tragic events in Florida at the Red Hills Horse Trials competition.
Democratic caucus disruptions
Search the Web for "caucus disruptions" and allegations of caucus-vote disruptions lodged against supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton predominate among the first 20 links that come up.
Attractions of a Clinton-Obama ticket
The likelihood of a brokered or negotiated compromise between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama in which the two would run on the same ticket was until Tuesday's Texas and Ohio primaries somewhere between slim and none.
Media gender bias?
Are media outlets biased against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton due to her gender? It's an open question and one I'm not prepared to answer. But Tuesday night's debate in Cleveland certainly blew open some angles for examination.
How immigration and inflation are linked
The two "i" words are back in the news, one more prominently than the other. The more prominent is "inflation." The less prominent at the moment is "immigration" (of the illegal variety). The two issues are more closely tied than one would think.
