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Here’s some insightful — and kind of funny — commentary on the current financial crisis. And Alan Murray is the deputy managing editor of the WSJ? Who knew they had funny in ‘em? If any of you are reading this from a Greenwich Chateau, sorry to offend. Share on Facebook Reader Matt Helm wonders in a prior comment what the source of all the hubbub is about when we obviously need a bill — some bill to get this done already? I haven’t read the above book — yet, but a friend of mine — a very conservative friend has and wonders if this [...] Long time reader (he’s been reading Threedonia since 1981) Outlaw 13 aka “Outlaw 13″ links to a great story from The Army Times about a battle with a Shi’ite cult in Najaf in called the Soldiers of Heaven in January 2007. Needless to say — our guys shine. Lots of enemy KIA and wholesale [...] Forgive me fellow Threedonia-ites for speaking out of turn. Usually, I’m relegated to matters of movies and movie reviews, but given the news I felt this was worthy of casting myself out of that shadow. P.J. O’Rourke, humorist, humbug, writer and thorn-in-the-side of the left, has cancer. Furthermore, I am a logical, sensible, pragmatic [...] Syndicated columnist Ann McFeatters had an interesting column in which she — without advocating for either side — listed what the country needs, in her view, in the next president. The whole column is worth a read, but below are the attributes: – Prudence. – Consistency in beliefs and performance. – A student of [...] This book is one reason why I’m against the bill (at least as it was originally written). The story of FDR’s tinkering — especially in 1933 — and how it mostly made the Depression — The Great Depression. Prosecuting rich guys for taking legal tax deductions, prosecuting small businessmen for using common business sense, [...] Editorial here. America has survived a feckless political class in the past, and it will again after this week. But Monday’s crash and burn of the Paulson plan on Capitol Hill reveals a Washington elite that has earned every bit of the disdain that Americans have for it. This crowd can’t even make sausage. The [...] Yesterday, I posted about Somali pirates holding a crew hostgae for $20M (USD). Well, the other shoe has dropped. The hijacked ship was Iranian Russian. Update on that situation here. The US navy is claiming three pirates were killed in a shootout over whether or not to surrender. The pirates also began celebrating Ramadan. [...]
This is going to get a little out there, but stay with me through ’til the end: O.K., today was the worst number loss in the Dow’s history (not percentage, but numeric decrease). Why? The House couldn’t get the requisite majority on the bail out. Now, imagine John McCain heads to the [...] Here’s Andrew McCarthy at The Corner asking why we can’t take a couple of days to re-tool the bill. Here’s Dean Barnett at The Weekly Standard blog lambasting the Republicans for not passing the bill. And here’s Dick Armey — ex Congressman and economist saying why the bill was bad in national Review Online. And [...] The Uprising by Honore Daumier The Bailout legislation has failed to pass the House. I will not pretend to know all that this portends, but I will side with the free market and not putting all that money and power in the hands of Hank, Barney, Nance, and Harry — and even GW. The [...] One of the justifications for the Wall Street bailout of course is that without it, credit will – and is — becoming unavailable to people who really need it , not on Wall Street NYC, but Main Street, Anytown, USA. What about those who don’t need it? My college freshman daughter got her [...] One of the cool things about International Law is I get to talk about pirates from Julius Caesar and the Cilician pirates (guess who came out on top in that one) to Francis Drake et al. (OK “privateers”) to the modern version. Suffice to say the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia is [...] Kenneth Anderson — an international law professor — has a blog called Law of War and Just War Theory Blog. I read it every so often — though he blogs regularly at OpinioJuris — when I teach my international law grad seminar. He writes about the McCain ads he would write were he writing [...] Here’s Sarah Palin being interviewed by The Money Honey Maria Bartiromo of CNBC back in August of 2008. This is more like it. Relaxed, in command, etc. Sorry — the video won’t embed and there’s no good YouTube video I could find. CNBC video and transcript here. It’s well worth the 11 minutes. If this [...] Victor Davis Hanson reviews Martin van Crefeld’s new book The Culture of War for The New York Sun. Here’s a taste… Mr. Creveld has a variety of objectives in “The Culture of War,” but his more important are threefold. First, he presents himself as a Thucydidean: Across time and space, he argues, the nature of [...] I’ve liked every job I’ve ever had so I don’t attach any negative connotations to the word “work”. Turning the focus away from my “self” and focusing it on others is a daily effort — for everyone — though it’s easier for some than others (and impossible for even others). Most days are easier [...] I’m pretty sure I understand exactly what you meant but I wish you had chosen a word other than “work” regarding marriage. Being a husband and especially a father requires a continual level of commitment beyond anything I knew before but I always try to avoid using the word “work” to describe it. I [...] Kathryn Jean Lopez — also of National Review Online — thinks the McCain campaign should let Sarah Palin be herself. I tend to think that’s true unlike the article I posted earlier. Share on Facebook Billions of dollars are spent trying to woo this person, he is “too busy” to focus on the election until after Labor Day, and he is often lionized as “independent” or “open-minded” — “Moderate” even. Who is this bastion of American independence? The Undecided voter. I come here not to praise the undecided voter, [...] |
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