It's comfortable living in a cocoon -- associating only with those who share your views, reading journalism and watching news that only reinforce them, avoiding those on the other side of the cultural divide.

Liberals have been doing this for a long time. In 1972 the movie critic Pauline Kael said...

Alan Krueger, recently named by President Obama to be the new chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, is perhaps best known for his claim that raising minimum wage will not reduce employment. But Krueger has had a long, varied career as a labor economist--and a history that should be especially interesting to budget cutters.

Trying to put an estimated value on job security when comparing federal jobs to private-sector jobs.

The largest single political contributor in the 2010 campaign cycle is a public employee union, which exemplifies the generous campaign spending from public employee unions, especially to campaigns for federal office.

The Employee Free Choice Act could increase unionization rates but cost the American economy 4.5 million jobs, and will be particularly costly to small businesses.

Walton Francis explains what you need to know about the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) as Senate Democrats debate an alternative to the public option that would ostensibly be modeled on the FEHBP.

In the run-up to this weekend's G-8 summit at Camp David, journalists have unfavorably compared European "austerity" with Barack Obama's economic policies.

The $2 billion loss at JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has reopened debate on the Volcker rule. The proponents of the rule have seized on the story as proof that the Volcker rule is necessary and should be quickly put into effect by regulation. In reality, however, if the facts are as thus far reported, what happened at JPMorgan is proof that the Volcker rule is unworkable and should be repealed.