Paul Ryan has already demonstrated that he didn't get the election result. Talk of a "mandate" and "rejection of progressive policies" will get them (and us) in a world of hurt.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich