National Politics
It’s the final week of this never-ending election and people who can make up their minds await the decision of the 10% (or so) who can’t. I can never figure out how you could be undecided at this point, but people are. In the Senate, despite the conviction of Ted Stevens (AK), it still looks…
Not a.r.m.’s or balloon payments this time. It seems that Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT), in addition to millions in campaign contributions from the industry he purports to regulate, also received a couple of sweetheart mortgages totalling $800,000 from Countrywide Financial. Kevin Rennie in Sunday’s Hartford Courant: Sen. Christopher Dodd’s bewildering odyssey of entitlement, evasions and…
Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York.
As Monique mentioned, the ProJo has endorsed Barney Frank. I wonder if they would reconsider, given that Frank now says he will cut defense spending–an important piece of Rhode Island’s economy–by 25%. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Democrats will push for a stimulus package after the November election, and called for a package reducing defense…
You know, for a gang that claims to be enamoured of regulations and regulating, too many Democrats sure dropped the regulation ball when it came to mortgage guidelines and Fannie and Freddie. One of the more egregious offenders as we now know was Congressman Barney Frank. From September 9’s Wall Street Journal. At least the…
$605 million and $350 million. That’s how much Barack Obama and John McCain, respectively, have raised in this year’s presidential run. Almost $1 Billion. Of that, Obama has raised slightly more than $543 million from individual donors while McCain has raised a little over $151 million. Almost $700 million sent from individual Americans to two…
Given so much negativity floating around, I was happy to offer some long-view optimism last night on the Matt Allen Show on 630AM/99.7FM WPRO. Boring debates, inept candidates, and the end of the world are certainly worthy justification for talking over the outro as the academy seeks to usher one off the stage. Stream by…
For those wondering, yes, I’m still around, but priorities are elsewhere at the moment (nothing wrong, just a temporary shift in priorities). I’m keeping up with the news, if not my commentary (no great loss, that, I hear some saying). FWIW, some scattered thoughts…. I watched the first 15 minutes of last night’s debate and…
Given the mildly confusing results of our improvised group liveblogging of the vice presidential debate, we thought to try something a bit different this time around: We’re going to liveblog in the comments to this post, which has the added benefit of allowing you to participate. Please note, though, that we’ll likely be more particular…
With the economic downturn still in the news while a fresh wave of “saying he’s inevitable makes it true” passes through the opinion world, one question comes to mind: How does a family prepare for a Great Depression? Keeping in mind that I’m an optimist on religious grounds, that particular trajectory carries fair odds with…