
On Monday, President Bush announced that he had reversed an executive order originally put in place by his father that restricted drilling on the outer continental shelf (OCS). Yesterday, crude oil prices […]
On Monday, President Bush announced that he had reversed an executive order originally put in place by his father that restricted drilling on the outer continental shelf (OCS). Yesterday, crude oil prices […]
I think blogs are dedicated to cruelty, they’re dedicated to dishonesty, they’re dedicated to speed. — Buzz Bissinger, author of “Friday Night Lights†and other bestsellers, castigating blogs on HBO’s “Costas Now”; […]
By Martin Bosworth I was deeply amused to read the breathless news coverage of Hammerin’ Hank Paulson’s “ambitious” and “sweeping” plans to restructure the federal financial regulatory structure. It says something about […]
By Martin Bosworth Why is this man smiling? Angelo Mozilo, the well-tanned and always smiling soon-to-be-ex-CEO of failed mortgage lender Countrywide, announced today that he would magnanimously give up his massive severance […]
By Martin Bosworth The phrase “moving the goalposts” has been applied most heavily in public discourse of late to the Bush regime’s “strategery” regarding the Iraq war. Through the “surge” and constant […]