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Monthly Archives: January 2007

On debt and borrowing:

Thursday, January 25, 2007
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer

President Bush has promised to balance the national budget by 2012, but many government officials—particularly congressional Democrats—disagree about how best to achieve a balanced budget. This year’s deficit is estimated to reach about $200 billion, an improvement over last year’s $248 billion deficit, and the Congressional Budget Office has said that the budget could actually [...]

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On being worried that something bad will happen:

Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer

Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, many Americans have worried that another attack may soon follow. For many people, concerns about potential terrorism have grown into outright phobias, and quite a few have required psychological help just to carry on their lives with some degree of normalcy. Elizabeth I was well aware [...]

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On the first female Speaker of the House:

Thursday, January 4, 2007
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer

On Thursday, January 4, 2007, Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California was elected the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives. Elizabeth I would probably be astounded that it has taken over two hundred years for Americans to raise a woman to the Speaker’s position. After all, as Elizabeth once joked:
“There is no marvel in [...]

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