By • Sep 18,2008

Higher Taxes!

It’s the patriotic thing to do. Seriously, Senator Biden? Granted, it’s sort of a throwback to JFK’s “ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you...

By • Sep 17,2008

Helicopter Ben

FT‘s Alphaville headline: “The Fed’s Run Out of Money“. Relevant quote from the Treasury press release: The Treasury Department announced today the initiation of a temporary Supplementary Financing Program at...

By • Sep 17,2008

Journalism as predation

There’s an interesting story up over at Slate; it’s a reprint of a discussion about the photographer Jill Greenberg and the nature of photography in general. After discussing the illegality...

By • Sep 17,2008

And speaking of feminism…

Here’s some free advice to any males out there: if the subject of Sarah Palin comes up, and there’s a female in the vicinity, do try to look suitably outraged....

By • Sep 17,2008

Imagination

Over in (non-Soviet) Russia, trading was suspended yesterday after markets tumbled 17%. Some Russian reportedly said: “It is a situation of total mistrust. The liquidity crisis is being caused by...