can you spare a dime?
I have a novel idea to fund the proposed $700,000,000,000 bail-out... an idea which (unfortunately) harkens back to the Depression: Can you spare a dime? But the idea is, literally, to nickel and dime...
View ArticleSarah Palin's Interview Problem | A Diagnosis
It has been generally acknowledged that in Sarah Palin's interviews with Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric, she has been inarticulate and given to non sequiturs. This is an anomaly. She has previously...
View ArticleMcCain's problem — he has to find his "voice"
McCain's essential problem -- he has lost his "voice." I remember previous elections in which candidates, who were down in the polls, came back at the end to narrow the race. What lead to their...
View Articlerepeating the mistakes of history
John McCain today made a statement critical of Barack Obama's position on dealing with the economic crisis. McCain accused Obama of planning to "raise taxes and restrict trade" (sic) and argued that...
View Articlean outside-the-box proposal to deal with Prop 8
Courts frequently employ the concept of legislative intent to resolve cases in which legal ambiguities must be adjudicated. In the case of Proposition 8, a slim majority of California voters voted...
View ArticleWhy I think Rick Warren at the Inauguration is a plus
While there has been a lot of controversy and anger about Barack Obama's selection of Rick Warren to deliver the Invocation at his Inauguration, I think this is a great choice. Here's why. more below...
View Articlethere's a simple reason Palin's speech didn't make sense
I sat there listening to Sarah Palin's speech; it made no sense. It made even less sense after the second hearing, and less still after the third hearing. It suddenly occurred to me why the speech...
View ArticleLieberman | a MoveOn-created monster
I had misgivings from the beginning about MoveOn.org's attempt to defeat Joe Lieberman in the 2008 Connecticut primary. When MoveOn polled its members about challenging Lieberman, I voted "no." My...
View ArticlePrediction: Romney will file an amended 2011 return after the election
It has been noticed that Romney did not claim all of his charitable deductions on his 2011 tax return. As Talking Points Memo pointed out, this was done "to artificially keep his effective tax rate...
View Article13,112
A very short diary, but this is a hunch I've been harboring most of this year.I have held the theory that if the Dow Jones Industrial Average were to finish over 13,000 on the day of the election, that...
View ArticleVote Smart!
The Democratic primary campaign is still being contested between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Even though Hillary has a substantial lead in both pledged and super delegates, Bernie has millions...
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