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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,…

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…