We’ve gone Map Crazy, part 3 (Iraq edition)
We are at it again, folks. Iraq’s elections are today. Following in the footsteps of our previous Map obsessions, here is the...
Why GDP is Soft, and is likely to stay that way
Yesterday’s GDP number was a downside surprise — at least to some. I love when CNBC schedules mega-Bulls for Squawk...
Iraqi Elections
Iraq’s elections are 3 days away. Following our past Map obsessions, here is a similar graphic of where the voters are in...
Losing Our Intellectual Edge
. We’ve addressed this several times over the past year: Initially, last January (Is the balance of scientific power...
Read it here first: No WMD
Just before the war started, I wrote a piece about what were the most likely reasons for the invasion — how much it might cost and...
Random Notes
Today’s random items relate back to the prior post: When George Meets John Goodbye, Geneva Oil hangs over foreign policy debate Al...
Rumor Control
Dan Gillmor points to a new National Security blog: This Is Rumor Control Here’s their self description: Welcome to This Is Rumor...
Global Guerrillas
One of the more interesting blogs that I have come across covering the insurgency in Iraq is John Robb’s Global Guerrillas....
Bush, Terrorism & Iraq
The Wall Street Journal discusses the negative consequences of the recent 9/11 commission finding no evidence of any connection between...
Market Adapting to Ugly Realities
We said last week we expect the market will behave much better once the Fed finally gets past the first rate hike. But at the risk of...