Political Quotes of the Day: Sacred Spending Cows, Rick Perry's God, and Blame the Tea Party

August 10, 2011 By

Quotations are offered not because I agree or disagree with them, but as points of departure for continued reflection. Ed Morrisey (a couple days ago): There is a lot of anger at the moment in the US over the embarrassment of the downgrade, as well as shock.  I’m most amused by the shock, to tell [...]

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The Upside to the Downgrade for Mitt Romney

August 9, 2011 By

Let’s review for a moment. The American stock market is cratering.  It’s lost roughly ten percent of its value in the last two trading days.  In fact, by some measures, yesterday was the worst day ever for stock markets worldwide.  Just when the European sovereign debt crisis seems to be easing away, the contagion flourishes [...]

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Political Quotes of the Day: Debt-Ceiling and Standard and Poor's Special Edition

August 8, 2011 By

I’m going to begin a series that I’ll try to post every day.  It will be called Quotes of the Day.  It will take quotations from both sides of the aisle, and link to some of the better commentary on the day.  The viewpoints represented below are not necessarily (and in some cases obviously not) [...]

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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Destructive Power of Politically Correct Intentions

July 28, 2011 By

A first-rate essay at Philanthropy Daily reports on a book from New York Times reporter Gretchen Morgensen and housing finance expert Joshua Rosner, Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon.  Although it comes with immaculate center-left credentials, it places the blame for the cratering of the housing market — and [...]

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Morning Links: Obama's Crumbling Base, Rod Dreher, Andrew Ferguson, Scot McKnight, and Higher Education

July 26, 2011 By

In the News 1.  ”New Polls Confirm Obama’s Democratic Base Crumbles.”  Michael Warren comments. 2. Andrew Ferguson with a rather devastating portrait of Jon Huntsman. 3.  Why are conservatives such a minority at so many graduate schools? 4.  Rod Dreher with an excellent piece on Anders Breivik and his “Christianity,” which makes some similar points [...]

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