Bloomberg
Oil Prices Rising. Confidence Falling. Ruh Roh.
Consumer confidence has fallen in the last two weeks. According to Gallup, the likely cause is rising gas prices. READ MORE >>
Black Lash
Why John Boehner’s Life Is About To Become a Living Hell
The S.E.C. Finds Moody's Guilty of Breaking Its Own Rules But Still Will Charge Them With Nothing
When the really true history of the financial collapse is written there will be a special place of infamy for the three major rating agencies: Moody's, S & P, and Fitch. I'd written about them before the system-wide disaster and during the weeks and months when American capitalism was truly on the ropes. READ MORE >>
The Mosque Is Not About The First Amendment
Mayor Bloomberg is accustomed to having his way, and maybe he will this time, too. After all, now that he has declared the opposition to building the Cordoba Initiative mosque at Ground Zero enemies of the First Amendment, he has raised the stakes so high that many perfectly tolerant and liberal people will simply shut up. How's that for the usage of freedom of speech! READ MORE >>
Fossil-Fuel Subsidies Still Dominate
Quick, which gets subsidized more heavily around the world, fossil fuels or renewable energy? Bloomberg crunches the numbers and finds that it's not even close—oil, gas, and coal get a whopping twelve times as much total government support: READ MORE >>
Ayn Rand And Conservatism
Noah Kristula-Green has a piece about the growing influence of Rand on the right: [P]rominent national conservatives have overcome their repugnance for Rand’s militant atheism to endorse her vision – and her politics. READ MORE >>
The Breakup
Yesterday Congress held hearings on a bill to prevent people on the terrorism watch list from purchasing guns. This is actually a highly controversial bill. Dana Milbank and Gail Collins were on hand to make Lindsey Graham look ridiculous. Milbank: READ MORE >>
Real Nerds Skip Nerdprom
It's possible that one day I'll change my mind about not wanting to go to the White House Correspondents Dinner after-parties, and the people who hold these parties will change their mind about not wanting to invite me. So I reserve the right to future hypocrisy. In the meantime, the scene strikes me as deeply pathetic: READ MORE >>
