HAMP, as many people know already, is a massive failure. Chris Hayes runs down why on The Rachel Maddow Show. Atrios at Eschaton has been all over this for months.
Get ready to see an article with following theme: This appearance on The View has already found Obama in the hot seat! Chelsea Clinton didn’t invite President Obama to her wedding! Hillary 2012?!!?!
Our “tough on crime” laws are actually tough on municipal, local and state budgets… I don’t think it can be hammered home enough how anomalous America’s incarceration rate has become in the world, and in history. Russia is the only other “superpower” that incarcerates its citizens at a rate comparable to ours. There is no [...]