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Where Are Your Grocery Dollars Going?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

In March, the USDA released the newest figures in a series of data entitled The Food Dollar; an annual breakdown of food prices that tracks where each dollar spent on groceries actually goes.  The results are startling.  For 2008 (the … Continue reading →

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Honoring Our Educators

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

“Part of compensation is public esteem. When governors mock teachers as lazy, avaricious incompetents, they demean the profession and make it harder to attract the best and brightest. We should be elevating teachers, not throwing darts at them.” — Nicholas … Continue reading →

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Worst Hundredth Birthday Present Ever!

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

100 years ago at 29 Washington Place, New York, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory went up in flames and down in history as the largest man-made disaster in New York until 9/11. The fire forced New York to see its most … Continue reading →

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The Cost of a Balanced Budget

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Much of the political debate in this country adheres to a predictable pattern of rhetoric. While the content of many of these discussions is unsurprising, they are well worth having, as the rights of many people are dependent upon them. … Continue reading →

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Why Wisconsin Matters: A Response to Josh Barro

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Last night, in an obvious violation of one law and probable violation of another, the Republican lawmakers of Wisconsin voted on a one-party basis to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights. Josh Barro saw fit on this occasion to … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Wisconsin GOP Jams Revised ‘Budget Repair Bill’ Through Democrat-less Senate by Justin Wedes

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

This is the new Tea Party-inspired GOP style of government: ‘Democracy-So-Fast-You-Won’t-Know-What-Hit-You’. At 7pm in Madison, Wisconsin, Republican legislators held a hurried “special committee” session with a revised Budget Repair Bill that nobody seemed to have a copy of. When the … Continue reading →

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Contra Carney

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Well, the Wall Street Journal is publishing fawning, sickly articles about how right The Washington Examiner‘s Tim Carney is, so The Busy Signal might as well take an abbreviated stab at making the opposite case. First, I ought to mention that … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Madison in Photos by Emmet Ross

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Henry T. Casey
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The Next Source of Instability, Pt. II-Libya, Oil and Democracy

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Libya is the latest country to come to a boil over the spreading revolutionary fervor that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s rule in Egypt and caused Tunisian President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali to flee in January.  Sandwiched between the two newly liberated … Continue reading →

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The Next Source of Instability

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Henry T. Casey

Food shortages are fueling unrest all over the world. In Tunisia, riots spurred by rising grain prices and food scarcity could not be quashed, and as anti-government sentiment rose to a deafening, piercing pitch, President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali was … Continue reading →

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