Via Br. Dave, probably the best, simplest explanation of the credit crisis I’ve seen thus far. It...
The Portent by Herman Melville HANGING from the beam, Slowing swaying (such the law), Gaunt the shadow...
During his campaign, Barack Obama promised to talk with Iran – to open dialog with Tehran without...
Michael, would be to join that army that you are so desperate to send out to every...
I don’t know about anybody else, but this whole treasury/bailout/banking thing is just mind-numbing and overwhelming and...
….when you’ve got “Twit?“
Jacob Weisberg, I promise– I promise– 100 years from today, millions of paper-and-ink books will be being...
This whole Journolist fracas that has been kicking around lately has again dredged up some of my...
….are in order for Daniel Larison whose graduation was today. The Ph.D. is finally in the bag. ...
infandous: ““Unspeakable, not to be spoken of; nefarious,” (archaic). As in: “[MP George Galloway] is an “infandous...
“Talk about misplaced anger. Wall Street built a wooden house, stuffed it with flammable material, set it...
…at Kyle Cupp’s blog. And I liked it.
Writes Yglesias: Let the business geniuses, if any there be in these firms, get out and go...
Will Wilkinson reprints the response of John Cochrane to the Brad DeLong-Luigi Zingales debate at the Economist. ...
I guess there’s only one guy to blame for the AIG bonuses, so next time Obama revs...
The Dream of St. Joseph by Georges de la Tour
Kyle over at Vogue Republic has a thought-provoking two parter set (Part I and Part II) of...
After Work ~by Gary Snyder The shack and a few trees float in the blowing fog I...
Clive Crook writing in The Financial Times: Political capacity is the real key, and here is where...
Earlier tonight, I expressed surprise that the idea that AIPAC is more powerful and active than any...
