Month: October 2008

The only reason Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama is because he’s a racist, or, at the very least, because they’re both soul brothers. After all, even though Powell served in the administration of someone who was...

For those who do not know,Larry Summers was until recently the President of Harvard University and considered a whizkid economist destined for the Nobel Prize in Economics. Three years ago, using his bully pulpit as the...

I listened to Colin Powell’s comments on Meet the Press that have been rebroadcast this afternoon.  I found them puzzling. I could be cynical and say, “this his attempt to salvage his national reputation for...

It’s hard to believe that the American Economy I grew up in was fairly stabile. The bank regulations put in after the fall of the stock market in 1929 and through a dozen years of depression, combined with the progressive...

Sarah Palin was selected to excite the Republican base, and it has worked to some degree. But, in the battle for an energized base, the McCain campaign has lost, and lost extremely badly. You can see it in the early voting...