Tim Geithner. Larry Summers. Indeed, the response of Summers and his protege to the crisis has been so transparently inept it’s almost enough to make me question the sexist just-so stories the Smartest Human Being Alive used to justify his atrocious record of attracting and maintaining female faculty members at Harvard… …and on the more […]
Month: March 2009
I’m hosting a Firedoglake book salon for Juan Cole’s latest, Engaging the Muslim World, at 5pm this afternoon. Swing by if you get a chance…
Laura Miller captures my general sentiments re: the BSG finale.
My five favorite series finales: M.A.S.H.Star Trek: The Next Generation*NewhartQuantum LeapMagnum P.I.** *Penned by Ron Moore**This refers to Limbo, the season 7 finale, and pretends that the misconceived season 8 never happened. BSG open thread. Consider this a spoiler free-fire zone; enter at your own risk.
Ewwww. Although I’d have to say my very favorite is the non-culture-war one: It goes without saying that [Saddam Hussein], too, is busy trying to acquire a nuclear bomb, to supplement his extens
Via the Sultan of Shrill, the comedy stylings of Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy: This package is partly based on the belief that government spending is required to stimulate the economy because private
A very tragic story, of course (which also occasioned some pretty creepy journalism.) I found her work in Schrader’s odd-but-compelling Patty Hearst especially, well, compelling. See also Glenn and Lissa.
Pain rejects half of Alaska’s stimulus money. Gov. Sarah Palin just told reporters that she’s accepting only 55 percent of the federal economic stimulus money being offered to Alaska. The gove
Japan’s new aircraft carrier helicopter carrying destroyer was commissioned yesterday. Hyuga can carry up to eleven helicopters, and may in the future be able to carry the F-35B VSTOL fighter. B
Ezra notes that “it’s really worth distinguishing what are two separate arguments. The first is that we can’t claw back the bonuses. That’s what outside counsel told AIG Chairman Edward Liddy (Liddy was appointed by the government in 2008 and will not receive any bonuses) but legal experts don’t think it’s true. If the government […]
Last reminder for filling out your tourney bracket. League: Lawyers, Guns and MoneyPassword: zevon
If you’re in the market for a new Zen koan, you might reflect for a moment on the question of whether TIDOS Yankee writing for Pajamas Media is more or less inane than TIDOS Yankee writing for h