The Anchoress isn’t ordinarily…
…the angry type, so it takes a lot to get her to this point. I agree with her that the bias of the press—and in this case, the courts—has taken us to a point that should deeply concern and even … Continue reading →
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Recommended reading: studying economics
I haven’t yet read Manias, Panics, and Crashes, published in 2000. But I came across a recommendation in the comments section of some blog the other day and found the title and the Amazon description rather intriguing: “[Manias, Panics, and … Continue reading →
Apocalypse now!
Courtesy reader “rickl,” I have received a heads-up on the following chilling prediction: Enjoy your three-day weekend! One of the best things about it, besides the unseasonably warm and sunny weather in the Northeast part of the country, is that … Continue reading →
Turmoil and strife in the financial world: fear itself
CNBC has gotten to the point where the events it relates resemble a horror movie of the economic variety. Financial markets around the world reel, countries like Iceland are going bankrupt. Nobody seems to know what’s what, what’s next, or … Continue reading →
Obama, the Democrats, and the Employee Free Choice Act: we don’t need no steenking secret ballots
Somehow this election promise of Obama’s has slipped under the radar screen for most Americans: do away with the secret ballot in elections to determine whether a workplace will be unionized, exposing workers to more union intimidation and practically guaranteeing … Continue reading →
“Misunderstanding” the Ayers connection: the coverup of the coverup
I hear it almost constantly now: McCain is pushing on Obama’s Ayers connection. He’s taking off the gloves and striking hard yada yada yada. And yet when I glance at cable TV and see a talking head on the subject … Continue reading →
Fernandez to candidates: be careful what you wish for
Richard Fernandez on those who would be President. And Victor Davis Hanson takes on the task of summarizing what’s wrong with Obama, from start to finish. Send it to your liberal friends and see if they’re still speaking to you … Continue reading →
Where’s Orwell when you need him?
We have always been at war with Eastasia.
Continue reading →Democrats and the new concentration of power: those fabulous Carter years?
Here’s a great description of the show hearings going on right now in Congress: Democrats have begun a search for the culprit in the financial collapse in a manner somewhat akin to the OJ Simpson search for Nicole Brown and … Continue reading →
The second debate
First, a bit of liveblogging. McCain is hitting Fannie and Freddie and the Dem role in at—he says Fannie/Freddie was “the catalyst”—but the points have to be so rushed that I wonder if people even know what he’s getting at. … Continue reading →
CNN’s split personality
On the one hand CNN actually manages to present a piece about Obama and Ayers that makes some hard-hitting points. On the other hand CNN continually pulls the most important punch. The significance of the Obama/Ayers connection (as I wrote … Continue reading →
Finance: more on those fat cats and running rats
[See this for background.] I was contemplating just how it is that someone like Richard Fuld of Lehman can look himself in the mirror right now and not throw up. But I’ve got a hypothesis about people such as Fuld, … Continue reading →