By Sep 29,2008

The McCain Difference

Watching the foreign policy debate, with Obama’s attempts at conciliation against McCain in antagonistic mode, I couldn’t help but think of this classic Mr. Show sketch:

By Sep 29,2008

The mortgage fairy

I don’t know whether it’s his overheated prose style or his intuitive leaps, but for some reason reading Steve Sailer frequently makes me hear this line from Tommy Boy in...

By Sep 29,2008

I still don't have anything to add…

…but I’ve thought from the beginning that this whole financial meltdown was no one person or group’s fault. Mortgage companies were strong-armed into making high-risk loans to minority loan applicants,...

By Sep 27,2008

Some Thoughts On The Debate

It was a draw, which is good for Obama at the perception level: McCain never successfully put it away against a competitor who’s widely considered to be a foreign policy...

By Sep 27,2008

We need answers

Damir’s right to bust my chops a bit — I’m sure Hank Paulson has heard the moral hazard argument once or twice in his career — but it seems to...

By Sep 27,2008

Pro Paulson Plan

Welcome aboard, Wall Street Journal: Above all, the risk is that the current panic will damage the overall economy and lead to a deep recession that causes a further decline...