I Still Believe In Hope - Mostly

Having Breast Cancer Is Massive Amounts Of No Fun. First They Mutilate You; Then They Poison You; Then They Burn You. I Have Been On Blind Dates Better Than That.

Economist Frederick Thayer Has Studied The History Of Our Balanced-budget Crusades And Has Come Up With Some Depressing Statistics. We Have Had Six Major Depressions In Our History (1819, 1837, 1857, 1873, 1893 And 1929); All Six Of Them Followed Sustained Periods Of Reducing The National Debt. We Have Had Almost Chronic Deficits Since The 1930s, And There Has Been No Depression Since Then - The Longest Crash-free Period In Our History.

Of Course, It Has Never Paid Much.

In City Rooms And In The Bars Where Newspeople Drink, You Can Find Out What's Going On. You Can't Find It In The Papers.

One Thing That Corporations Do Not Do Is Give Out Money Out Of The Goodness Of Their Hearts.