Irony of ironies, all is irony
In the last sentence of my PJ essay I mentioned that this campaign contains many ironies. What might they be?
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I must be a glutton for punishment: liveblogging the third Presidential debate
I must say my usual antipathy to debates has grown. And I don’t think these debates have made much of a difference at all so far—and barring some very strange and unforeseen circumstance, I don’t think this one will. But … Continue reading →
You want polls?
This guy’s got polls. He’s pretty good at analyzing them, too. The news is better than you might think, if you believe what he says. Scroll down and do a bit of reading; he’s especially good at analyzing the difficulties … 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 →
First impressions of the Vice Presidential debate
No doubt Karl Rove was whispering in Palin’s ear, because she did just fine. This was the Palin of the convention and not of the ill-fated Gibson and Couric interviews. And she gets extra points for courage, because this was … Continue reading →
Capitalism: the worst system except for all the others
Most of us are knowledgeable about the sort of financial information we need to get along in life okay. For example, how to balance a checkbook. We know what Social Security benefits we might be receiving someday, as well as … Continue reading →
The financial crisis: why the hush-up about the Democrat role?
I was awakened today as usual by my clock radio, which happened to be set on a talk show. Blah, blah, blah about the financial crisis, with some sort of Wall Street “expert” saying that this happened because of a … Continue reading →
Post-debate: who are those undecideds, anyway?
There’s a general rule of political debates: people tend to think their preferred candidate won. A debater has to be really dreadful for his/her own supporters to concede he/she made a bad showing. When you think about it, this should … Continue reading →
That reminds me…boy, if life were only like this!
Remember that moment in the movie “Annie Hall” when Woody Allen gets Marshall McLuhan to come out and reprimand a blowhard Allen overhears in a movie line? Here it is (it’s all funny, but the relevant part starts at 1:47): … Continue reading →
First impressions of the first debate
I can’t pretend to be unbiased here; I’m for McCain. But as I watched the debate I tried my very best to be objective about the candidates’ performances, because a debate is first and foremost theater. Part of the time … Continue reading →
But it’s not about politics. Sure thing.
Yesterday I wrote about whether McCain and Obama were playing politics in their responses to the financial crisis and the scheduling of the first debate. My answer was that of course they were, but that there is principle and personality … Continue reading →
Barney Frank says…
…”years of irresponsible failure to regulate have led us” to this crisis. He fails to add the little detail that the “irresponsible failure to regulate” was his own, as Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, when he was the … Continue reading →