Politics Roundtable

In case you're inclined to relax in expressing your opposition to the nationalization of health care, pay heed to the words of Bart Stupak, via Robert Costa's report"

Sitting in an airport, on his way home to Michigan, Rep. Bart Stupak, a pro-life Democrat, is chagrined. "They're ignoring me," he ...

The Daily Ditch is my preferred name for Andrew Sullivan's Atlantic blog. Sullivan's almost unbelievable ignorance of history was my central thesis in "Obama veers into the Daily Ditch."

Now comes Atlantic writer Jeffrey Goldberg to note that that "Andrew Sullivan revises history (again)." The ...

Marco:

Overdoing the interface metaphor: We’re often told that we should design our websites and software to mimic real-life objects. The iPhone strengthened this idiom, and Apple has been driving this home hard for the iPad. But it’s not absolute, and it’s not always the best idea. ...

Mark Thoma's view:

Why Do Federal Reserve Board Seats Remain Unfilled?: Right now there are two unfilled positions on the seven member Federal Reserve Board. If nothing is done to fill those positions, the number will increase to three.... It’s not exactly clear what has taken the ...

Berkeley-British Columbia Symposium: North American Futures: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives

For the first time in my life I have shown up at a conference where I am supposed to be on a panel, and don't yet know what I am going to ...

Posted via web from delong's posterous

Increasingly, real estate lawyers are urging buyers in contract to inspect apartments before they close, and in their advertising, many pest control companies exhort would-be tenants to “inspect before you rent.” And dogs like Cruiser can inspect a room ...

In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89—and I’m leaving out the son whose age wasn’t identified, ...

That would be Washington, D.C., as the Democrats continue their frenzied effort to ram government medicine down the throats of the American people. Michael Ramirez envisions Nancy Pelosi as the Mad Hatter; click to enlarge:

ABC News gets around to telling the story of the investigation of the recently indicted Jihad Jane (Colleen LaRose). Where are the rest of the mainstream media? It's an inspirational story.

The Jawa Report tells the story in the first person, where I originally read ...

Senator John Kyl is skeptical of Attorney General Eric Holder's claim that forgetfulness explains his failure to inform the Senate of his role in a brief supporting the position of terrorist Jose Padilla. Kyl asks: "Are we expected to believe that then-nominee Holder, with only a handful ...

Howie Carr's column on Rep. Patrick Kennedy asks a question that crossed my mind regarding Kennedy's rant on the House floor this week: "Is it perhaps time for the House of Representatives to install Breathalyzers in front of the podium?" In his rant Kennedy called out the ...

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Must... not... succumb...

1) Jonathan Cohn: What, You Have A Better Idea For Cost Control?:

David Brooks thinks it. David Gregory thinks it. The Washington Post editorial page thinks it. And, what the heck, I think it. If health care reform passes Congress, the final legislation�probably won't cut the ...

Voting has commenced in this year's Dartmouth trustee elections. The alumni are electing two trustees. One of them will be Morton Kondracke, who is running unopposed. The other will be either Joe Asch or John Replogle. In this post, I argued that Asch is ...

New York Times DealBook:

Court-Appointed Lehman Examiner Unveils Report: Lehman never publicly disclosed its use of Repo 105 transactions, its accounting treatment for these transactions, the considerable escalation of its total Repo 105 usage in late 2007 and into 2008, or the material impact these transactions ...

From the FT, quoting the Lehman report:

‘Repo 105’ accounting in focus: The Examiner concludes that there are colorable claims that Ernst & Young did not meet professional standards either in investigating these allegations and in connection with its audit and review of Lehman’s financial statements...

Mark Felsenthal:

Obama to tap Yellen for Fed vice chair...

A very good person for the job. Not, however, a good move as far as strengthening the FOMC is concerned...

Tyler Durden:

The "Repo 105" Scam: How Lehman Fooled Everyone (Including Allegedly Dick Fuld) And How Other Banks Are Likely Doing This Right Now | zero hedge: Stunningly, nobody at the SEC was aware of Lehman's Repo 105 program. And guess what: NEITHER DID DICK FULD. This ...

Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to interview Karl Rove about his new book, Courage and Consequence. We'll play the interview on our radio show on Saturday; you can listen on the web here.

I've just started the book ...

New York and Las Vegas, from the air at night, by photographer Jason Hawkes, via InstaPundit. Hawkes used a helicopter. I really like this one; click to enlarge:

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This is one of the most appalling news stories I've seen in a long time. It's from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and it isn't a parody: "Study finds median wealth for single black women at $5."

The "study" apparently was done by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, ...

"978" is involved, and a checksum of some sort. But I'm d---ed if I can figure out what, exactly.

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He writes:

Is This the Best Congress Can Do for the Unemployed?: Why are they calling this a jobs bill? There are hardly any job creation measures in it:

Jobless claims bill OK’d by Senate, by Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.com: The ...

Or, pre-1850 macroeconomic theory meets our current crisis--and does pretty well...

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Our friend Roger Simon examines the criticism leveled against Geert Wilders by Glenn Beck and Charles Krauthammer, which I addressed here and here. Roger agrees with my pro-Wilders take. He believes that Wilders makes us uncomfortable because "if Wilders is correct, and ...

The Justice Department has admitted that Eric Holder failed to tell Congress during his confirmation process that he had contributed to a legal brief which argued that the President lacks authority to hold Jose Padilla, a U.S citizen declared an "enemy combatant," indefinitely without charge. The Justice ...

Former Everton star Wayne Rooney is being hailed as perhaps the best soccer player in the world after his two goals against Italian giants AC Milan assured Manchester United's place in the final eight of the European Champions League. Among those singing Rooney's praise is David Beckham, ...

Peter Wood is the prominent anthropologist and president of the National Association of Scholars. He is also the author of the invaluable Diversity: The Invention of a Concept.

At the NAS site, Professor Wood describes how the Democrats now seek to marry Obamacare with Obama-ed. ...

I think Daniel Little (and John Rawls) do not fully grasp Karl Marx's critique of the Ricardian socialists. It is easy to understand if you grasp that Marx is really a follower of Saul of Tarsus. The Ricardian socialists demand justice. But, says Marx, you already have justice, in ...

The Muslim Brotherhood is one of the most sinister organizations operating inside the United States. It has established front groups that have achieved success in advancing the Brotherhood's goals, and yet little attention is paid to the activities of these front groups seeking to undermine the United States ...