Gang of Four

Forcing Paulson to be a businessman, not a crony communist

dsirota — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:13:26 -0600

The last week has seen a tectonic shift in American politics and government. Those of us who opposed the $700 billion bailout have been proved...

Deceptive union front group attacks Schaffer

Rossputin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:49:32 -0600

A new ad by a group which claims to be interested in campaign finance reform attempts to reignite the non-issue of Bob Schaffer’s fact-finding trip...

A truly frightening stock market

Rossputin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:51:40 -0600

For some reason, a couple of my favorite leftist commenters have a problem with what I do for a living. However, for...

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The Debate: Tie goes to the socialist, and I don't really care

Rossputin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:22:13 -0600

Last night's presidential debate was certainly John McCain's strongest performance yet.

He attacked Obama, if belatedly, and...

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Me and my mortgage

nwatzman — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:18:16 -0600

With the entire economic world in meltdown thanks to so-called "toxic mortgages" and exotic securitized instruments, I've been wondering...

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Rightley vs. Leftwich on ballot issues

jandrews — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:37:30 -0600

For a light but substantive review of all the issues on this year's crowded ballot, check out the debate in my hometown of Backbone,...

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Bob Schaffer and the real CNMI story, continued

Rossputin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:38:41 -0600

I had gotten distracted from finishing my series on "Bob Schaffer and the real CNMI story", what with all these interesting political...

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Sirota's Orwellian bailout analysis

Rossputin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:04:40 -0600

One of what I considered to be the most important arguments against the “financial system stabilization” bill is that it would let people...
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Bailout is capitalism murdering democracy

dsirota — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:08:49 -0600

The United States has always struggled to balance its capitalist economy with its democratic ideals. We've spent the last many years telling...

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From democracy to crazy-ocracy...And back again?

dsirota — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:04:54 -0600
Over the last few days, I've explored a number of explanations as to why Congress seems determined to pass a wildly unpopular Wall Street giveaway at...
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