05 June 2011

The continent, too, wants in on the train wreck

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I suspect Keynes isn’t very popular in Germany. For all I know they never heard of him. Angela Merkel appears to be either unimpressed or un...

Too bad he wouldn't listen

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He heard, but didn't listen : "If Paul Krugman has a good idea, in terms of how to spend money efficiently and effectively to jump-...
14 May 2011

The golden age of comedy

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We should be grateful our era has provided so much rich material .

Stephen Colbert To FEC: I Don't Want To Be The 'Chump' Without Unlimited Corporate Cash

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Stephen wants a piece of the action that could be coming his way thanks to the Citizens United decision .
13 May 2011

In the house of R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming

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Without doubt this is the most insightful post about the Royal Wedding that I've seen. That hat deserves special attention. An apt de...
08 May 2011

Remembering Chris Hondros

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For me this was the iconic photo of the Iraq debacle . It just said it all. He was a superior, fearless, possibly reckless photographer. He ...
07 May 2011

Justice delayed

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The DOJ OPR were prevented from referring this piece of work to the Bar for disciplinary action - she received immunity in return for her t...
02 May 2011

No comment necessary

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Yes, a tad infantile. Sorry about that - but even Juan Cole posted it, so that makes it okay - speaking of whom, his "informed commen...
28 April 2011

Speak of the Devil

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Apropos of the previous post , the man who would advise the president he can slaughter a village is appalled Obama might force disclosure of...
26 April 2011

Poli-Sci 101

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So the Gitmo Papers are out - and while they caused barely a ripple in the news cycle - what with the Royal Wedding coming up and all - it...
13 April 2011

Obama finally kicks it in gear

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Krugman's assessment - good to see the Bush tax cuts expire. Love the use of the Stockman quote . Couldn't agree more with Marshall...
10 April 2011

If Marx was a great historian but a lousy economist, Caldwell sucks at both

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The execrable Caldwell : so pathetic, if well read: The high point in The Gallery of Antiquities , Balzac’s great novel of debt, comes when ...
08 April 2011

It's nice to see the police do their job . . .

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. . . even if it happens after Murdoch already got what he wanted . Still, beggars can't be choosy. I had feared this one might go dow...
04 April 2011

Ben Bernanke . . .

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. . . hot or not ?
01 April 2011

It figures

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From judicial train-wrecks to literal car-wrecks . Next thing we'll hear he's on the lam, holed up in some fleabag Arizona motel.
26 March 2011

There he goes again

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Oh, shut up already, Mr. Smarty-Pants ! "And then there’s the British experience. Like America, Britain is still perceived as solvent b...

A helpful flowchart

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It may not help you understand what to do about Libya, but it will help you understand . . . Republicans .
24 March 2011

Does not compute

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If there is one thing I understand less than people who lie to get us into a war it's the wilful delusion of those who are determined to...
20 March 2011

Hitting bottom

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I've seen little point in blathering about Japan. Anything I might say would be redundant, reductive or derivative. Until now. Certain...
13 March 2011

I would prefer to be wrong

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But I fear I won't be . It's already looking perilously late to get our collective asses, whom the Guardian is correctly exhorting ...