Go read Christopher Buckley’s explanation of his NR resigation – its a fascinating look at how one conservative thinks of the “modern conservative movement.” The latter now apparently means, think as we tell you to think, and disloyalty must not be tolerated. A lot of people are realizing that the current Republican leadereship, with its […]
Seems it probably won’t work so good. Glad to see Bolivia bucking the trend here. Seems like privatizing, oops, I mean purchasing shares in a bank is more effective. RGE – Nouriel Roubini’s Global EconoMonitor But government purchase of bad assets was the exception rather than the rule. It was used only in Mexico, Japan,
Market forces could be used to clean up power plants in China by encouraging the use of cleaner burning coas. We need China to clean up its power sector if we want to make a real dent in global Carbon emissions. On CARMA, you can see the best publicly available data on the Chinese power
If you’re trying to figure out why we’re in the financial mess we are in, I highly recommend reading the report linked below. From what I can gather, its a systemic failure, and one cause came from relaxing lending standards. While it helped many people who couldn’t afford a home afford one, a lot of
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“publications that see large chunks of their readership drop away due to an offense to a community might self-censor to avoid further damage to their balance sheet. I dont think this threat outweighs the need of citizens to have a way to express their own viewpoints in opposition.” There’s some evidence that one of the
Super conservative and former Hitler Youth, Joseph Ratzinger has been elected pope by the college of Cardinal. Has the Church missed an opportunity for some much needed change? Only time will tell. Although there is no suggestion that he was involved in any atrocities, his service may be contrasted by opponents with the attitude of
Found via Stupid Security, Mr. bin Laden, you’re clear to fly Insight recently learned that scenario was tested at a U.S. airport in the South during January. The result was troubling: America’s most-wanted fugitive is cleared to fly. According to airline-security documents obtained by this magazine, the name Osama bin Laden was punched into the
Apparently the Washington DC area felt an earthquake today. My friend Nyk thought I was making fun of his boots when I asked him if he had noticed it. Luckily I was alerted by my Eddie Pope and Bobby Convey bobbleheads. The movement was very subdued, not enough to move books or anything on my
Al Gore is calling on el presidente to rescind the Patriot Act: He said terrorism-fighting tools granted after Sept. 11, 2001, amount to a partisan power grab that has led to the erosion of the civil liberties of all Americans. The Senate minority leader, Tom Daschle of South Dakota, said Monday that while he’s not
Courtesy of my friend Sandy: It’s the story of Carol Mosley who was bringing up 3 white men on her own all of them were congressmen the youngest one was old She met a man by the name of sharpton who had three pols of his own and they knew they must somehow beat up