Stiglitz and Vanity Fair: “Have You No Sense of Irony Sir, at Long Last…?


In a winding series of bizarre conflations and assertions Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz concludes that if only we could make the “top 1%” less wealthy, we would have a better society.

Stiglitz and Vanity Fair: “Have You No Sense of Irony Sir, at Long Last…?


In a winding series of bizarre conflations and assertions Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz concludes that if only we could make the “top 1%” less wealthy, we would have a better society.

Republicans Are Losing Their Way On the Bank Bill


Republicans have backed their way into a corner in opposing the bank bill. The “just say no” to bailouts is totally delusional. If the big bank fail, you do have to bail them out or it really will be a total collapse. That’s why you have to regulate them, which is the lesson we should [...]

The New Attack on Palin? Associate Her with John Edwards


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The obsessive attacks on Palin take yet another morbid turn.

The New Attack on Palin? Associate Her with John Edwards


Today marks a new turn in the obsessive attacks on Sarah Palin: associating her with John Edwards.
In the New York Times Timothy Egan sees them as a pair of ethically similar “grifters” using populism to con the American voter–“playing to outrage while taking care of themselves.” In Egan’s view, both [...]