The Candidates' SilenceBy James Hamilton

"In space, no one can hear you scream." It's one of my favorite movie taglines. "Alien" may have premiered in theaters almost 30 years ago, but it's the idea of talking about the the nation's fiscal future that seems alien to the presidential candidates these days.

Newsweek columnist Robert J. Samuelson's column in the August 6th issue of Newsweek tackles this fact head-on. Read it here.

These days, it's the sound of silence that makes me want to scream.