Author: Zandar1

So, on the day we get this particular news…    George W. Bush’s overall job approval rating has dropped to a new low in American Research Group polling as 78% of Americans say that the national economy is...

Yesterday I talked about how bond auctions were falling apart at the seams this week.  For the first time in memory, bond auctions were failing and government entities that had borrowed based on those bonds (and paying...

The stock market continues its volatility, but the underlying cause of the crisis still hasn’t been dealt with, and the crisis is now spreading to other parts of the credit market. New York state taxpayers’ weekly...

I’ve talked about the “monoline nuke” before on a number of occasions, mainly in the context of what could set it off.  This week, I’m going to talk about what that nuke could do.  Just like the...

Let’s face it.  Both the wingnuts and the Village hate Obama.  They both (for different reasons) want to see McCain vs Clinton in November.  Despite their many attacks on him as Steven D points out...