The Warnings Have Been Around for Years

" "The numbers are huge, the kind of numbers that make “people sweat.”  Erie County’s liability? Nearly $1 billion. Buffalo’s price tag? At least that much. Probably more. For the first time, taxpayers are learning the bottom line: long-term costs they...

Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

"Recently, the phrase "rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic" has been used to describe the American Congress and its "activity" on the questions of Iraq, and by extension, on the question of our imperial presidency. The Sunday Washington Post features an article on those...