I missed this article by Thomas Frank yesterday in the Wall Street Journal: Last week, Republican presidential candidate John McCain called for a commission to “find out what went wrong” on Wall Street. It was an excellent suggestion: Public inquiries into Wall Street practices served the country well in the 1930s. And Mr. McCain has […]
So we have this bailout that is needed for Wall Street to survive. The only problem is that Wall Street wants the plan carved their way or no way. From the WSJ: House Republican staffers met with roughly 15 lobbyists Friday afternoon, whose message to lawmakers was clear: Don’t load the legislation up with provisions […]
Pretty bad when a Murdoch company is now going after the right’s golden child: An informal adviser who has counseled Gov. Sarah Palin on ethics issues urged her in July to apologize for her handling of the dismissal of the state’s public safety commissioner and warned that the matter could snowball into a bigger scandal. […]
The Wall Street Journal published this little gem: The Logan Act makes it a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to three years for any American, “without authority of the United States,” to communicate with a foreign government in an effort to influence that government’s behavior on any “disputes or controversies with […]
Everything Murdoch touches turns to crap, and the Wall Street Journal is the latest piece of media turned tabloid by the media mogul. The latest example, an article asking if Barack Obama is too fit (as in athletic) to be President.
The WSJ has an interesting article explaining how the NSA has been increasing their spying power. One thing I found really interesting was at the start of the article: Five years ago, Congress killed an experimental Pentagon antiterrorism program meant to vacuum up electronic data about people in the U.S. to search for suspicious patterns. […]
Looks like George hit a new low! From the WSJ: President Bush’s approval rating slipped to new lows in the most recent Harris Interactive survey, but he’s not alone: For the first time since the series began, all of the political figures and institutions included in the survey have negative performance ratings. Of the 1,001 […]
This is in today’s Wall Street Journal: In short order, John McCain has gone from Republican presidential front-runner to political death watch. On Wednesday, the Arizona senator kicks off a month of high-profile events, seeking a resurrection of sorts. Actually I think death watch might be an understatement. We have McCain telling 60 minutes tomorrow […]
Perhaps this from the WSJ Blogs gives a good reason: If there’s any doubt about the importance of getting a record of Senate investigative interviews, consider the case of J. Steven Griles. Griles, the former deputy Interior secretary, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Washington today to lying to Senate investigators when he […]
As election time grows nearer, I am going to focus more on the races here in Ohio. We are a key state this year that can turn blue so I believe it is imperative to keep focus on these races. I will still work to bring news and views from around the country and world, so […]