Month: September 2008

Pelosi takes a risk: Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today as Congress and the White House work to craft legislation to address the crisis in our financial markets: “Congress will respond...

They should put a ban on interviewing the American people and asking them about current events, basic geography, and public personas. The results are always too embarrassing.

The New York Times today describes how Merrill Lynch survived the financial crisis long enough to be sold to Bank of America, while Lehman Brothers had to declare bankruptcy. A close look at the two executives who saved, and...

They play the final game ever today in the original Yankee Stadium. What’s on your mind?

I’m not sure who is actually going to vote for Paulson’s bailout. Paulson is calling for a quick and clean bill. Anything else will drive GOP support away. But I can’t see the Democrats, as craven as they are,...