Month: July 2011

I know it’s tedious, but lately some of my friends have been doing this hallucinogenic drug called “Loose Change”. I’d like to stage an intervention.I know that years ago there was a ban on this...

This is perfect: Putting aside, at least for now, whether Tim Geithner is my favorite Treasury Secretary of all time or not, I’ve been thinking a bit lately about what it must be like to be in his shoes right now. When he was...

Poulaphouca reservoir In Driving a dual carriageway through my home I documented the extraordinary process by which planning officials proposed to build a motorway standard road from the outskirts of Dublin to Hollywood –...

The exact number of lies in Karl Rove’s Wall Street Journal piece is probably unknowable, but it easily exceeds ten. The biggest lie is the headline: Obama Owns the Debt-Ceiling Fiasco. For Karl Rove, of all people, to...

There are twelve senators and, more importantly, thirty-six House Republicans who have pledged not to vote to raise the debt ceiling unless a Balanced Budget Amendment has been passed through Congress. There are probably another...