By • Oct 14,2008

Volcker

Paul Volcker says the U.S. economy is in a recession, that this financial crisis is unlike any of the many others he’s witnessed, and that large-scale government intervention is in...

By • Oct 14,2008

Alert: No sense of irony

Rolling Stone is ending its oversized format with its October 30, 2008 issue and moving to a standard magazine size: As editor Jann Wenner puts it, “Like the man we...

By • Oct 14,2008

Me no understand big numbers

In his latest defense of ACORN’s absurd system of registering people who don’t exist/don’t want to register to vote, Matt suggests that the numbers are too big for the puny...

By • Oct 14,2008

xkcd

I don’t know if any of you have already read these, but those who haven’t should really bother checking them out. Most of the computer humor goes right over my...

By • Oct 14,2008

Poll workers beef in Ohio

Well then: Poll workers from opposing sides in the presidential race apparently clashed in a physical altercation Friday at a Cuyahoga Falls nursing home when one accused the other of...

By • Oct 13,2008

Dysentery

Woody Allen would be proud of the staff at Politics and Prose, Washington’s most famous bookstore, where they’ve actually got Dissent and Commentary side by side in the racks: They...