Gas prices are up, a lot. Housing prices are down, a lot. Jobs are disappearing. The American auto industry is on its knees, and 2,400 Chrysler workers soon will lose their jobs in Fenton.
No wonder America is in a funk.…

…then check out Zimbabwe, which has the highest rate of hyper-inflation in the world. It’s even gotten to the point that the government will soon run out of the paper it uses to print its currency on.

One U.S. dollar is…

The latest economic headlines conjure up memories of Jimmy Carter in a sweater. Inflation is up. Gasoline prices are hitting records. The economy is sputtering. The ayatollahs are misbehaving. If you change the channel, you almost expect to see the Fonz.

For…

The Brookings Institution’s Gregg Easterbrook, writing in the Wall Street Journal, has a thought-provoking piece today:

Democratic attacks on Mr. McCain and Republican attacks on Mr. Obama both seek to punish impermissibly positive thoughts. At a time when there exists a sense…