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Mr. Obama: Declare War on Rube Goldberg
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Holman Jenkins identifies the key culprit in the current economic woes. It’s not Hank Paulson or Hank Greenberg or Stan O’Neal or even George Bush. The most formidable enemy of…
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The Perils of Blogging
No comments on The Perils of BloggingLike many (most?) bloggers, I crave a bigger audience, and I thought I had found a gambit that might tempt James Taranto to link to me from his “Best of the Web Today.” Yesterday’s BotWT…
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A Not-So-Simple Question: How Many Countries Is Citigroup "In"?
Many, many people spent a busy weekend hammering out the details of the government rescue of Citigroup that was announced last night. The rescue clearly is a Portentous Event, so I went searching this morning…
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Bankruptcy is the Right Medicine for Automakers
Look at the bright side – GM stock only has $3 farther to fall. (From Yahoo Finance) The more I read and think about a potential further bailout of the auto industry, the nuttier the…
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Bailouts: Further Down the Slippery Slope
David Brooks makes the case against an auto industry bailout more eloquently than I did: A Detroit bailout would set a precedent for every single politically connected corporation in America. There already is a long…
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McCain Gets More Gay Votes Than Bush
I meant to follow up in a more timely way on an earlier post about the conservative gay vote. From that earlier post: Along the same lines, I also want to note estimates that nearly…
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Next Up: Obama Derangement Syndrome
As I was writing yesterday about Bush Derangement Syndrome, Pajamas Media was preparing to post an article by Neo-neocon entitled “Avoiding the Clutches of Obama Derangement Syndrome.” Sage advice, as usual: Yes, there are reasons…
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Krauthammer Explains the Election
I’ve argued before that it is deeply ironic that the financial crisis benefited the Democrats this year, since the Democrats drove the reckless expansion of access to mortgages that led to the crisis, while Republicans…
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A McCain Voter Finds Silver Linings
Differences on policy issues should not, on this day, obscure the marvel that has occurred. A man who in his early childhood could not use certain public restrooms has just been elected to the most…
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Endorsement: Vote for McCain…
… and pray for his continued good health. I guess if I want to be a titan of the blogosphere I should take this more seriously, but I’m tired of the damned election. Even the…