New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has returned from his all-to-short vacation. And he's made some news with this comment: Let me spare you the usual economist's sermon on the virtues of free trade, except to say this: although old fallacies about international trade have been making a comeback lately (yes, Senator Charles Schumer, that […]
I was going to rip into this Pioneer Press column by Brian Lambert, mainly because of this paragraph: One brave and skeptical line of discussion would have been to ask Gibson, "How do you know any of this actually happened?" Journalists are supposed to be in the business of asking impertinent, uncomfortable questions. But I […]
If you missed it yesterday, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress that Social Security is structurally unsound and they're going to have to do something about it. With the economy now growing strongly, he said, the deficit "will tend to narrow somewhat" in the short term, but that won't be enough to cover the long-term […]
On Saturday I pointed out that Christians aren't a major source of anti-Semitism in world. But as is typical, a highly paid columnist said it longer, and better.
That title should get me some Google hits, and it has the bonus of being true. Dowd takes aim at both Mel Gibson for his film "The Passion" and President Bush for opposing gay marriage. She's mad at Mel because "The Passion" made her feel angry and violent. Solution: Take some valium. She's mad at […]
Well, the Supreme Court has done it again. In its latest decision, the court has demonstrated that we need at least three more Antonin Scalias on the bench. (The way the Democrats filibuster, that will likely never happen, unfortunately.) For those of you who are unfamiliar with the latest court ruling, Davey was a college […]
I recently finished David Frum and Richard Perle's "An End to Evil," and I agree with about 99 percent of what they write. The book is an excellent roadmap to dealing with the post-9/11 world, both at home and abroad. My one area of disagreement with the authors is their attitude toward China. Frum and […]
I was one of the thousands upon thousands of people who registered to get back a pittance from the music companies for sticking it to consumers with artificially high CD prices. My take: $13.86.
I mentioned the case of George Meagher and his recycled quote on Sunday. Well, the New York Times has corrected their mistake -- and Meagher's an independent. I'm still waiting for formal word from public editor Daniel Okrent on what the Times policy is on recycling man-on-the-street quotes.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke to the Union-Tribune editorial board earlier this month, and a Q&A summary of the interview is available here. There should be no surprise, but the interview contains some whoppers. My favorite (and by that I mean alarming) has to do with North Korea. Is North Korea a threat? […]