Bad Medicine

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Our economy is sick.  George Bush and his team of economic advisors has been working all weekend trying to figure out what is wrong with the patient.  Let's set aside…

QOD

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Many of you are aware that there is no longer a 5 and 15 yard penalty for facemasks in the NFL. There are only 15 yard penalties now. Won't this…

Elite? you decide

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NEWSWEEK looked into the candidates' cars. And based on public vehicle-registration records, here's the score. John and Cindy McCain: 13. Barack and Michelle Obama: one.

The upside of sexism

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Joe Biden will have to debate Sarah Palin with one arm tied behind his back because... well, she's a girl. The New York Times has the story. At the insistence…

Tales of the Economic Fallout

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Earlier in the week, Duffy asked to be pointed to some writing that might be in favor of or justify the current bailouts. I haven’t read anything other than fairly glib variations on the “too big to fail” theme, but here is some reading (and listening) of how we got here and some thinking that I had not heard previously:

The NYT Freakonomics blog has a very cogent history of recent events.

Wednesday, Fresh Air had a long interview with Michael Greenberger who explains in clear and riveting detail the shadow economy that is being protected by the current actions of the Fed. Do yourself a favor and listen to all 40, 45 minutes of this. (You can get this as a podcast from iTunes, too, for the next week or 10 days) I highly recommend this — Greenberger is not all that pessimistic about the economy, but he is critical of the management and policies that got us here. You may or may not agree with his diagnosis, but his description of the current state of the board is completely vital.