Certainly There Are Worse Sins

President Obama Has Lowered Taxes More Than He Has Raised Them, And They Are Today Lower Than They Were In President Reagan's Time. But You Don't Hear Conservatives Crowing About That.

To Own The Dominant, Or Only, Newspaper In A Mid-sized American City Was, For Many Decades, A Kind Of License To Print Money. In The Internet Age, However, No One Has Figured Out How To Rescue The Newspaper In The United States Or Abroad.

While History Never Repeats Itself, Political Patterns Do.

The Ability Of The 1 Percent To Buy Politicians And Regulators Is Nothing New In American Politics - Just As Inequality Has Been A Permanent Part Of Our Economic System. This Is True Of Virtually All Political And Economic Systems.

As With Almost Every Significant Aspect Of The Bush Presidency, Its Handling Of 9/11 Was A Catastrophe From Start To Finish.