That’s a Load’a “You Know What”
The other day I dumped on Romney about his op-ed in the Detroit News. On the other hand, I really liked this speech that Obama gave to the UAW the other day. There are...
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The Economist on Romney on Detroit
Our former Governor had an op-ed in the Detroit News the other day arguing, well I can’t quite figure out what he’s arguing. He seems to be trying to take credit for something he...
Coming Apart
You’ve probably heard that Charles Murray has a new book out. If you remember the controversy surrounding some of his earlier books, you probably won’t be surprised to hear that there’s been quite a...
Root Strikers
OK, it’s Halloween, so it’s time for a scary story. Do you want to know why Occupy Wall Street and the Teaparty movement are so angry? Lawrence Lessig explains in this video: Warning, it’s...
Redefining Sanity
I find the sheer craziness of modern US politics hard to understand. The best explanation I’ve found is Richard Hofstadter’s classic Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. This morning, Chris Ladd posted an interesting article called...
ElizabethForMA
Elizabeth Warren announced her candidacy for the Senate yesterday. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll already know that we’re big fans of hers. The press coverage yesterday was pretty annoying....
Breakaway Wealth
I liked Barry Ritholtz’s comments on the recent Washington Post special report called Breakaway Wealth. My favorite quote: Legalized theft of shareholder assets, approved by a corrupt Congress. If you haven’t seen it yet,...
Peter Diamond
Just in case you needed any more examples of how broken our government has become, Peter Diamond just withdrew his nomination to the Fed. Richard Shelby claimed he was blocking the nomination because Diamond...
Topic Sentence
We went to see Ira Glass last night. He gave a very interesting talk interspersed with audio fragments from his radio show. Most of his talk was about telling stories. Why it’s such a...
