States Embarrassing the Feds, part II
Houston Chronicle shut out of 2 more hearings By MARY FLOOD Fastow transcript still denied release, A federal judge held two more closed...
BoA raises oil price forecast
Bank of America‘s energy analysts were busy this am; They raised their 2003-2004 oil price forecast to a 19% premium to the First...
Fair and Balanced PAC
Check out the new Fair and Balanced PAC : Is this guy Franken lucky, or what?...
GDP / Jobs Disconnect ?
Since the second quarter of ‘03, its been my thesis that this has been a unique recession/recovery cycle. What marks this run as rare...
The Natural Result
Quote of the Day “The salient example is the greatest victory ever won in an initiative campaign: The famous Proposition 13 tax...
Why Political Investigations are Different under Bush than Clinton
Susan Page wrote a fascinating piece in USA Today last week. It seemed to have gotten lost in all the blackout coverage. That’s too...
Bad Medicine, part I
On Thursday, I suggested that Warren would step up to the plate and make the tough call: Buffet’s unbelievably success has been about...
The Legitimator!
WSJ: Schwarzenegger Enlists Buffett To Supply Financial Muscle Whether the pun was intended or not (Ah-nold being a bit muscular himself)...
Political Mulligan!
Towards the end of April, we raised the idea of “Economic Mulligan;” The War in Iraq gave the economy a “do over,” rationalizing...
OMB Watch: Disturbing Pattern Emerging on Government Budget...
I do not have a whole lot of familiarity with OMB Watch (described as a “non-partisan nonprofit”), but they raise some rather...