Oct 03,2008
Irony alert
Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon’s diary was recovered from the wreckage of the Space Shuttle Columbia in a town called Palestine.
Oct 02,2008
Mark to market
David Ignatius’ take on the unintended consequences of mark-to-market accounting rules and how to get us out of the credit crisis is worth reading.
Sep 30,2008
Baitullah Mehsud dead?
Dawn and CNN are reporting that Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has died of kidney failure. The Pakistani government blames Mehsud for the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto....
Sep 30,2008
Farewell to the New York Sun
Ben Smith has an important post in the Politico on the demise of the New York Sun, with a nice tip of the hat to my sister. The paper’s official...