At least eight people were killed and authorities fear the death toll could be as high as 34, after adiving boat caught fire Monday morning off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, north of Los…
West Texas gunman had been on a long…
A west Texas man, on a "downward spiral," made "rambling" calls to police and the FBI before embarking on a shooting spree that took the lives of seven innocent bystanders, authorities said Monday. The killer,…
Online security 101: How to protect your privacy…
Cybersecurity is in shambles: Who's to blame? We are building our future on a creaking digital foundation. It's time for that to change. "I have nothing to hide" was once the standard response to the…
Why Is the Structural Budget Deficit Blowing Up…
The structural, or cyclically adjusted, budget balance has been deteriorating. In accounting terms, what’re the drivers? Figure 1: Structural/cyclically adjusted budget balance as a percentage of potential GDP. Source: CBO, Budget and Economic Outlook, Jan.…
Democracy Cannot Survive as This Kind of Puppet…
AAron OntiverozGetty Images (Permanent Musical Accompaniment To This Post) Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what's goin' down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin' gets done, and where…