Monthly Archives: January 2009

This probably goes in the people are so scared they are starting to save category. Ben Stien NOT long ago, a woman in California called me for advice. She is divorced, with two children, and has a series of interlocking … Continue reading →

I think we might see some good come from the current economic crisis but it will be painful: Expect closings and bankruptcies to rattle the likes of Lane Bryant, Gap, and Starbucks. It’s the inevitable counterpunch to the days of … Continue reading →

The “cool mom” strikes again: She slammed reports that 18-year-old Bristol Palin and the teen’s fiance are high school dropouts. The governor insists the two are not dropouts because they enrolled in correspondence courses. The couple last month had a … Continue reading →

I didn’t get a chance to see any of the inaugural address today but I liked this part as reported at the washingtonmonthly.com Consider some of the examples Obama held up as things to reject: “petty grievances,” “short-cuts,” “those who … Continue reading →

I am starting to think that someone has to be held accountable for the last eight years specificaly for the torturing of people and the wat profiteering that has taken place. At the very least anyone who has profited from … Continue reading →

Looks like Bank of America needs more money to save Merril Lynch. My guess is we will see many banks coming back for more money so that they can continue making bad investments and loaning money to people who have … Continue reading →

Matthew Yglesias comments on the “non-conservative” lunch with Obama: …everyone who’s not a card-carrying member of the conservative movement is counted, essentially, as a liberal. Or, rather, that the essential dichotomy is held to be between conservatives and not-conservatives rather … Continue reading →

This should be good news for anyone who wants t see a progressive agenda enacted in the next four years: Barack Obama is apparently planning to create a permanent political organization designed not just to help him win reelection in … Continue reading →

Sarah Palin continues to talk: “Bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie annoy me….I’ll tell you, yesterday the Anchorage Daily News, they called again to ask — double-, triple-, quadruple-check — who is Trig’s real mom,” she said, in an interview … Continue reading →

This is hysterical looks like Huckabee was for sodomy before he was against it.

I would love to see the away teams do well today and tomorrow, especially Philly and Arizona but my guess is that in the NFC the home teams win. If Arizona can generate a runing game they have a chance … Continue reading →

The unemployment numbers don’t tell the whole story: Brad DeLong offers some further context for the jobs numbers, observing that “And U-6–unemployed plus discouraged workers plus unable to fond a full-time job–is now at 13.5% of the labor force–and BLS … Continue reading →

Obama has made quite a few right moves and a couple bad ones. First, what was he thinking making Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, she has not shown herself to be competent in any office she has held, and her … Continue reading →

Looks like the market may not lead people to the best health care choices, but at least they die on nice sheets.

Looks like Apple has another cool sounding gadget coming out this fall. I will proably buy it cause for some reason I cannot say no to Apple stuff and I will probably be dissapointed once again. When the Ipod Touch … Continue reading →