Month: March 2009

. S. Africans Angered by Decision to Deny Visa to Dalai Lama JOHANNESBURG, (Washington Post) March 24 — Organizers of a peace conference meant to showcase the role of sports in promoting unity canceled the forum, citing...

This is truly a story for the ages. Today’s WSJ  portrays two very special Madoff victims: a pair of artists, Arakawa and Madeline Gin, who designed houses, that are meant to prolong the lives of their inhabitants and...

Talk about something other than economics.

Even I am getting tired of this topic but I think it’s important to offer counterpoints to the common wisdom I’m seeing in Left Blogistan. There is a huge amount of criticism about the Geithner Plan and a lot of it...

Not to start a food-fight with Duncan (I’ll probably see him later tonight and I don’t want to wrestle), but he didn’t address my points. I really made two points. 1. The Geithner Plan is going to buy up AAA...