Krugman Reveals a Little Inside Info from the 2008 Primary Season

I just saw this post at Paul Krugman’s blog: “The Unbearable Pettiness Of Being Rich” The post is a response to a column by Andrew Ross Sorkin about how Wall Street bankers are “deserting” President Obama in droves. Sorkin writes (emphasis added): …what is surprising is that some of the president’s biggest supporters have so [...]

Open Thread: Did Hell Freeze Over?

Via Lambert, Booman thinks Obama’s speech on the economy today was “pretty pathetic.” Setting aside that his delivery was uncharacteristically terrible, the president’s statement on the economy today was pretty pathetic. This ain’t getting it done on any level. Whoa!! Am I reading that right? He wasn’t thrilled with what Gibbsy had to say this [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!!!! It’s Monday once again. I have a potpourri of news and opinion links for you today. As we all know, it was five years ago that Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and the poorly constructed levees (thanks to Bush II and Corps of Engineers) gave way. The result was utter devastation. The [...]

“For Whatever Reason…”

Just a short time ago, I received an urgent message in my in-box from the Great Cheeto himself. The subject line of the the urgent e-mail reads “Pop Quiz.” The urgent e-mail is reproduced in full below (emphasis added): Boston Boomer, President Obama has appointed a bipartisan commission to develop recommendations to balance the budget. [...]

Rummaging through the archives / Awards Sunday

I finally got around to reading Jeffrey Goldberg’s essay about the upcoming war against Iran. I had pretty much the same reaction many people who remember the run up the Iraq war had: “Oh no! One of those who helped pushed the Iraq war with bogus arguments is back with another war. Why should we [...]

Sarah Palin is neither the problem, nor the solution.

While the national debate over the Mythical Threat of the (not-just-a) Mosque (not) at Ground Zero continues, I’d like to distract your attention to that other national distraction… who else but Sarah Palin? Actually, what I am going to say here is ultimately not about her, either. It’s about all of us as Americans. But, [...]

Morning News: Saturday morning cartoon edition

Good morning all… Wonk here… it’s a little late, but I had one of those wars with wordpress that Dandy Tiger talks about… Anyhow, I’m taking over the Saturday morning posts. BB will still be doing roundups, but she has been doing four of them a week for too long (impressive, isn’t it?), and she [...]

Things not to say

Today is the last day of work for a friend who is very dear to me.  I’ve known him since he started his career.  We worked across the hall from each other and through the years have collaborated, strategized, hung out and horseplayed.  I learned a lot from him.  Eventually, he was relocated to a [...]

New York Neighbors For American Values: A New Coalition in Support of Tolerance

A new coalition of diverse groups has formed in New York to support the Park 51 initiative. They call themselves the New York Neighbors for American Values. The coalition’s mission statement: As Americans and as New Yorkers we are stronger when we work together. New York Neighbors for American Values embraces the American constitutional values [...]

Thursday Afternoon News and Views

Let’s see, what else is happening out in the world besides the NYC mosque? There must be something. Oh yes, good old Alan Simpson has stepped in it again, as Dakinikat discussed yesterday. Many liberals are calling for Simpson to step down or be fired from the cat food commission, including Paul Krugman. At this [...]