Oct 23,2008
The one you've been waiting for
Billy Joel has endorsed Barack Obama or, as New York Magazine puts it, self-popped his cherry for Obama. To all of you who’ve been on the fence about this one,...
Oct 23,2008
Use some common sense, dummy
I sympathize with Mike Riggs’s basic point over at Reason, in his post on the firing of a teacher who was using his MySpace account to communicate with students during...
Oct 23,2008
A Chastened Greenspan
Fascinating stuff coming out of Alan Greenspan’s testimony today, difficult stuff for dyed-in-the-wool libertarians to countenance, I’d imagine. Snippets from the WSJ story: “Those of us who have looked to...
Oct 23,2008
Today's Ostrich Award Goes To…
The nation of Australia. Australia bans word ‘drought’ as too upsetting for farmers Via the Daily Mail.
Oct 23,2008
The Upsetter speaks
Matt Frost, over at the American Scene points out some useful commentary from Lee “Scratch” Perry on the financial crisis. Granted, one might want to think twice before taking economic...