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Michael Lewis, author of Liars Poker, has an article in the latest issue of Portfolio that is an excellent explanation of the whole mortgage meltdown mess. This is a must-read for anyone interested in how we got where we are today. I think, if asked, Lewis could come up with a list of people who […]

The truth is, you could probably find some McCain voters who are equally ignorant as these people. Of course, the mainstream media would jump all over this if McCain voters were the ones to made to look like fools -- especially when they named Fox News as their source. Don't expect NPR, PBS or The […]

Here are some stories that have been cluttering up my Firefox browser tabs and might interest you: What's the matter with Kansas? Some Obamatons are already pushing for a federal holiday for their revered leader. Gazillionaire Warren Buffett wants the Estate Tax raised and the rich to pay more in federal taxes -- then why […]

Steve McIntyre has made a name for himself by exposing faulty math and dishonest statistical analysis with regard to anthropogenic global warming. He was the guy who exposed the infamous Mann "hockey stick" fraud that disappeared the medieval warm period and falsely claimed to prove that the Earth's temperature is hotter today than at any […]

Corrupt GOP Congressman Rick Renzi is attempting to hide behind the Constitution's speech and debate clause -- federal prosecutors are having none of it. Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to deny retiring U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi's bid to have corruption charges against him dismissed on constitutional grounds. Renzi's lawyers last month alleged that FBI […]

For the record, my position on campaign financing is that candidates should be able to take unlimited amounts of money from American citizens (no donations from foreign entities) with the requirement that the name and amount of the donation must be disclosed online on the campaign's Web site within 48 hours of receipt. Having said […]

Ross Douthat had an excellent skewering of law professor and alleged pro-lifer Douglas Kmiec. What I don't understand at all is Kmiec's position, which seems to be that the contemporary Democratic Party, and particularly the candidacy of Barack Obama, offered nearly as much to pro-lifers as the Republican Party does. I am sure that Kmiec […]

President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is beginning to eye executive orders that can be overturned and rescinded by Obama's administration. First up are overturning prohibitions on drilling for oil here in the United States and government funding for the creation of human embryos for the purpose of destroying them. Don't be surprised when, as the […]

The latest update on the dynamically-updated sea ice extent graph shows some good news for those poor polar bears. The chart only goes back to 2002, because that's when the satellite that's doing the measuring was launched. But it now shows that there is more sea ice at this time of year than there has […]

Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell has completed her analysis of her paper's campaign coverage and the numbers aren't good for those supporting the proposition that the media has been fair and balanced in its coverage of the 2008 presidential contest. The numbers: Stories about the candidates (since Nov. 11, 2007): Obama: 946 McCain: 786 After […]