Following up on our Polyanna post last week, here’s some more Leonhardt: While Congress is barking up the wrong tree —...
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We’re going way back for this one: “With an aggressive legal maneuver, Citicorp is taking another step in the battle to...
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We continue to hear a steady drumbeat of partisan political market commentary from all the usual quarters. Their claim — stunningly...
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Here is an odd little Fourth of July weekend data point. I didn’t realize how much of the West is essentially empty Federal...
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For those of us who dwell in that hypothetical construct known as reality, the following E.L. Doctorow keynote address — critical...
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George Carlin recorded 14 live comedy stand up specials for HBO, over the course of three decades. HBO will air Carlin’s most...
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Cool interactive map of the Political Blogosphere — now if only it were 3D ! Presidential Watch 08 Thanks, Dave!
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"We call it the ‘Bank of America bill on steroids.’" -Anonymous House staffer > The staffer was referring...
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Today’s Chart Porn is The Varying Impact of Gas Prices (via the NYT), which looks at local Gas Prices, Median Income, and...
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Numerous pundits have taken to claiming that the Misery Index — a combination of Inflation measures and Unemployment — is...
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