Author Archives: American Thinker
Celebration is Premature: The Economy is Still Contracting
Over the last two weeks, the main-stream media and the stock market have greeted new economic data released by the Commerce and Labor Departments with enthusiasm. Although these data show that the recession is not deepening as fast as it had been during previous months, they still show that the economy is contracting. Continue reading
An Unraveling Presidency
Rasmussen’s daily presidential tracking poll has shown a very steady increase in the number of Americans who have a “very unfavorable” view of Obama’s presidency and a corresponding, though less dramatic, decline in the number of Americans who have a “very favorable” view of his presidency. As of July 27, the negative gap between these two groups of highly motivated voters was ten percentage points. Continue reading
