Via Long Tail, a reminder of an interesting quote from Lewis Strauss, the former head of the Atomic Energy Commission: It is not too much to expect that our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to… Continue Reading
Daniel Drezner is all atwitter over this sentence:The Russian stock market’s rise can be traced to positive news on the nationalization of US mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I have to admit, the irony is apparent to me,… Continue Reading
After seeing a reasonably good (if not awe-inspiring) start to the Aaron Rodgers era, it’s interesting to note this little football factoid on the Freakanomics blog: the highest-paid players in the NFL are, of course quarterbacks. So who are the… Continue Reading
If, like me, you frequent political blogs, you’re probably sick to death of Sarah Palin already. Okay, I understand why people are talking about her. She’s new to the scene. We’ve been watching Barack Obama and John McCain and Joe… Continue Reading
There are a ton of obligations that life throws at you. They all seem to involve money and very little of it involves money coming in to the household. Keeping up with them all can sometimes be a little bit… Continue Reading
Steve Benen takes the Associated Press’s reporter Charles Babbington to task for calling Obama’s acceptance speech sketchy on the details of the policies Obama would pursue as President: Babbington: ‘Barack Obama, whose campaign theme is “change we can believe in,”… Continue Reading
California has a serious budget crisis – projected spending is 15.2 billion (with a “B”) dollars in excess of available and projected funds. Here’s the hard truth: we will have to raise taxes, cut spending, or have some combination of… Continue Reading
The Intertubes are abuzz today with repetitions of the story that John McCain could not glibly and correctly respond to a question about how many houses he and his wife own. The liberal Intertubers are gleefully attacking him for being… Continue Reading
5.6% inflation. That’s what we’ve experienced over the past 12 months. The bulk of it has been food and fuel prices. But we are in an officially inflationary economy and it’s the highest rate of inflation seen in the United… Continue Reading
I never thought I’d be happy to pay $3.97 a gallon for gas. But today, I was.