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-- The most dangerous haircut. -- The great missed opportunity of Dodd-Frank. -- What’s actually going to happen after August 2nd. -- A look at “the godson of a man once known as the Human Cannonball” READ MORE >>
What Tonight's House Vote Means
Tonight's House vote on John Boehner's debt ceiling plan is unusual. It's not a vote on a plan that has a chance of passing. Democrats would be out of their minds to agree to it -- Boehner's offer is like a kidnapper who offers to give you back your child in return for $100,000 and your other child. READ MORE >>
The Coin That Will Save The World
Somehow, I've missed out on a discussion of the coolest (and apparently legitimate) way to avoid a debt ceiling crisis: Sovereign governments such as the United States can print new money. However, there's a statutory limit to the amount of paper currency that can be in circulation at any one time. READ MORE >>
Go Back To Where You Came, Frum
I think everybody in my corner of the internet has a gentleman's understanding that pointing out the hilarious lies of the Wall Street Journal editorial page is my job. I got that job from Michael Kinsley. One day I hope to pass it on to somebody else. I don't take kindly to it when somebody takes my job. Especially when that somebody is a foreigner like David Frum: I used to write editorials for the Wall Street Journal myself, 20 years ago now. READ MORE >>
I don't usually get excited about personal scandal stories, but the hypocrisy in this report about Rep. Joe Walsh is just too enjoyable: Freshman U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, a tax-bashing Tea Party champion who sharply lectures President Barack Obama and other Democrats on fiscal responsibility, owes more than $100,000 in child support to his ex-wife and three children, according to documents his ex-wife filed in their divorce case in December. READ MORE >>
How And Why The Boehner Bill Matters
Does Anybody Here Speak Boehner?
I am trying to figure out what sort of factual circumstances could make this argument by John Boehner true: READ MORE >>
The Four Kinds Of Pro-Electoral College Arguments
Rick Hertzberg continues his thankless, vital lonely job of carefully refuting every argument raised against the National Popular Vote plan. For instance, one op-ed asserts: READ MORE >>
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-- Things that are still true today. -- Dan Savage threatens to Santorum Rick Santorum's first name, too. -- Even if it’s not AAA, U.S. debt could still be the world’s benchmark. READ MORE >>
