The SEC has charged Goldman Sachs with “defrauding investors by allegedly marketing a financial product tied to subprime mortgages without telling them a big hedge fund was on the other side of the trade.” My first question was one which … Continue reading →
Commenter “manju” wrote: With the teaparties driving the republicans toward simple-minded libertarian sloganeering, conspriacy [sic] theories (birtherism), and even an ahistorical revival of the confederacy(McDonnell, Barbour), the top candidates become less and less electable. we may very well be looking … Continue reading →
Nobody’s suing for divorce yet. But the honeymoon between Jewish voters and Obama may be over, or at least that first high flush of romance is gone. This survey indicates that 42% of Jewish voters would vote for Obama again … Continue reading →
I’ve got a new essay up at the Weekly Standard. In it, I unearthed some great—and extraordinarily relevant—quotes from Federalist Paper #10 by James Madison. Follow the link to read; come back here to comment (the WS has no comments, … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson does. He reminds us of just how wrong “the current troika now directing U.S. foreign policy”—Obama, Biden, and Clinton—were, as well as those “no blood for oil” folks. Of course, they bear no consequences and there is … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is an edited version of an essay of mine from the past.] Today is April 15th. This means that, along with millions of others, I’ll be making my way to the copy machine and then on to the … Continue reading →
Interesting. It seems to be concentrated in just a few large and populous liberal states. Take a look.
Continue reading →He does not mince words: NOTE: here are some definitions for “fatuous:” # asinine: devoid of intelligence wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn # Stupidity, lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatuous # Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one’s foolishness en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fatuous # … Continue reading →
This video is fun (hat tip: Ace of Spades). In such company, even the insufferable James Lipton becomes almost bearable:
Continue reading →Here are some poll results that ought to set Obama’s teeth on edge: Americans are now pretty evenly divided about whether they would rather have Barack Obama or George W. Bush in the White House. 48% prefer Obama while 46% … Continue reading →
Robin of Berkeley tells her change story in this superb essay. Please read the whole thing. Robin’s tale is somewhat different from mine. For one thing, she was a leftist, and I a mere liberal (and fairly middle-of-the-road as liberals … Continue reading →
It should come as no surprise that: (1) Nothing was accomplished; except that… (2) Obama took the opportunity to snub a few allies; as well as… (3) “[P]utting on a clinic for some of the world’s greatest dictators in how … Continue reading →