Gramm Gone
Smartest thing the McCain has done in 6 months: Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm resigned Friday from his role as Republican presidential...
Traffic Peaked Again Near Short Term Bottom
A reader writes: "You have mentioned blog traffic spiking near bottoms. How’d that work out this week?" Answer: Pretty...
Household Visitors
Uh-oh, looks whose invited themselves over to stay for a while . . . Tom Toles via Yahoo!
Bailout Nation: Treasury, SEC on Bailouts
I did three segments Tuesday on Yahoo Tech Ticker at the Nasdaq: Here is the last, on Bailouts, Fannie & Freddie: Click for...
Ethanol DeathWatch Map
Regular readers know I am no fan of ethanol — over-subsidized gasoline substitute that has helped to drive food inflation...
Ignore the Headlines: Housing Starts Declined In June
I didn’t post on this yesterday, as I assumed that everyone would understand how new building codes in NYC effective July 1 skewed...
A Nation of Whiners? No, Just Wall Street Beggars
Pathetic, but all too true: "Phil Gramm, the senator-banker who until recently advised John McCain’s campaign, did get it...
Joe Nocera: The Shorts Ate My Company
I’ve been meaning to mention this — and Paul reminded me this morn — but NYT columnist Joe Nocera is now blogging....
Pakistani Investors Stone Stock Exchange
"There has been some level of mismanagement by the authorities,” said Habib-ur-Rehman, who manages the equivalent of 6.5...
The Three-Headed Monster
I did three segments Tuesday on Yahoo Tech Ticker at the Nasdaq: Here is the second piece, on Inflation, the weak economy and the...