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Accounting firms in trouble: The Big Five accounting firms will have trouble winning lawmakers to their side in the current battle over accounting reform in the wake of the Enron debacle. The SEC is now looking into Ernst & Young.

I'm definitely not getting on The American Prospect's list of best liberal bloggers by attacking them, but, you want to talk about stupid: HOW IS STAR WARS RACIST? LET US COUNT THE WAYS. Tapped finds it disturbing that Star Wars creator and philosopher king George Lucas still can't understand why anyone got p.o.-ed about Jar […]

Sony spends millions of dollars to create a anti-copying system for its CDs and it's foiled -- by a magic marker. Is the fact that Sony is blowing money like this supposed to somehow encourage us to buy their overpriced CDs?

If you're interested in a quick rundown of what Congress is doing with regard to the Enron/Arthur Andersen debacle, check this out.

The New York Times' Paul "Line 47" Krugman continues last week's attack on the accounting industry. Make no mistake, the accounting industry needs a good spanking, but I'm skeptical that a former Enron hack is the one to deliver the chastisement. ["I] would suggest to you that the single most important innovation shaping [America's] capital […]

If you only read one op-ed piece today, read this one.

From the "Just fell off the turnip truck" department: The Washington Post features a story with the following headline: On the Way to the Fundraiser Stopovers Let Bush Charge Taxpayers for Political Trips So what's new? Clinton did it. Bush 41 did it. Reagan did it. Carter did it. Thanks for the obligatory once-a-term story.

I know I'll probably get some flames for saying this, but I got back home earlier this evening after watching the new Spiderman movie. Excellent film. Better than Star Wars Episode II. Better acting is probably the thing that put it over the top for me. Natalie Portman is certainly beautiful, but Kirsten Dunst....to quote […]

Which came first? The chicken or the egg? Today's Washington Post has a front page article which trumpets: "Bush Turns More Partisan With Coming of Elections." President Bush and the White House have set aside earlier worries about the president openly engaging in political matters, launching an unabashedly partisan effort for November's congressional elections. First, […]

Unilateralism Saudi-style: The United Nations committee against torture has urged the Saudis to consider ending floggings and amputations required for certain crimes under Saudi sharia law. The Saudi response: Take your suggestion and stick it. How can the Saudis expect to get along with the rest of the world when it ignores the consensus of […]