I’ve found that those who defend Bernanke as having inherited Greenspan’s mess are most likely to have...
From the NyTimes on Obama’s new budget proposal: “Having inherited a trillion-dollar deficit that will take a...
Reihan links approvingly to this piece by Patrick Ruffini, as does James. It’s well-written, smart, as Ruffini’s...
You really do have to wonder, at this point, if there’s ever a time when the average...
The Wheel of Fortune by Edward Burne-Jones
I’m a big fan of Scott’s post the other day on neo-conservatism, which I take to be...
So, meandering around the web today one comes across almost universal consensus that Bobby Jindal’s speech was...
The always worth reading Charlie Savage had a really important piece in the NyTimes four days ago...
Very sad news out of the UK today: Ivan Cameron, the son of U.K. Conservative Party leader...
Rod Dreher: Warm wishes to you all, and prayers for a blessed Lent. I don’t know about...
D. Brooks for me is hot/cold–when he’s on he’s on, when he’s off he’s off. Here he...
Much as their blind loyalty discredited the Right, perhaps the worst effect of Limbaugh et al. has...
I’m open to hearing a defense of Bobby Jindal from Matt Yglesias’s allegations. But I am having...
The only thing that is not settled, as far as I can tell, is how much damage...
Regarding the “grow your own policy” Mark Kleiman proposes, I have to say this is a very...
So I was listening to NPR this morning and a Japanese economist was talking about their “lost...
If anyone hasn’t noticed this about using the Fed as part of a bad bank strategy: John Ryding,...
So today is Lundi Gras, better known as the day before Mardi Gras and the second to...
I honestly thought I was done on this topic, and for the most part I am. But...
