On Friday morning I felt a little relieved that The New York Times' Paul Krugman column didn't appear on Friday, so I wouldn't feel the need to critique it before I left for my weekend in San Luis Obispo. (The wedding was beautiful by the way.) So, when I returned home on Sunday afternoon I […]
I'm leaving for the weekend to attend a wedding -- not mine. But take a look at John Fund's piece on today's Wall Street Journal opinion page. It's looking more and more that if GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon can avoid being heavily damaged by attack ads from Gov. Gray Davis' huge campaign war chest, […]
No posting today. Likely no posting tomorrow. I'll be out all day celebrating my 30th birthday. If you want to give me a present -- use the Amazon.com tip jar on the left.
The San Diego Union-Tribune's Nick Canepa takes Martina Navratilova to task for her anti-American statements. It's worth a read. My favorite line: She says decisions here are based on money, and many are, which is why we may be stuffing our Christmas stockings with Martha Stewart license plates. I'm not saying money is the only […]
I've believed for years that the National Organization for Women's time has come and gone. Fox News columnist Wendy McElroy provides evidence that NOW is just nuts. I haven't seen any articles in any newspapers about the CANOW report -- but I would be very disappointed in any paper that reported this thing seriously. It […]
Bush guilty of insider trading? According to Paul Krugman, he was, and it was only George H.W. Bush's conniving that kept the younger Bush out of the slammer to run for president in 2000. But long before that ruling � though only a few weeks before bad news that could not be concealed caused Harken's […]
God's prophet? The San Diego Union-Tribune's James Goldsborough can't quite top the San Francisco Chronicle's Stephanie Salter, but he comes close. Back in December, Salter showed that she lacks some common sense by "channeling" Jesus Christ. Goldsborough merely comes across as some sort of John the Baptist, shouting in the wilderness. Goldsborough takes on some […]
California Gov. Gray "Mussolini" Davis: Once power is given, it can be very difficult to reclaim -- and that's something that the California legislature is learning now. Today's Sacramento Bee reports that the California legislature, dominated by Democrats, is grumbling about Davis' continued energy-related "state of emergency." Even though the Democratic governor insists that the […]
Introduction to politics: Today's Washington Post has an editorial today on the pork-laden farm bill passed earlier this month. The Post takes Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle ($-S.D.) to task for doing what all politicians do best -- lying. The release came from Sen. Tim Johnson, Mr. Daschle's fellow South Dakota Democrat, and it quoted […]
Surprise! The New York Times' Paul Krugman provides an excellent and concise primer on the different methods certain unsavory corporations have used to inflate their profits. [Odds that the previous statement has given Jeff Hauser a heart attack: 2 to 1. The rest of you will be reading on.] Wall Street is in serious trouble, […]