Fundamentally, I think Fannie and Freddie as they existed pre-crisis represented a bad implementation of the bad idea that government policy should promote the construction of large single-family owner-occupied housing. But the concept of pro-suburbanization industrial policy seems very broadly supported in American politics. From Yglesias » The Pricey Bailout Good point. Much of this… Continue reading Yglesias on suburbanization
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Christine O’Donnell really is that dumb.
After that debate my team and I we were literally high fiving each other thinking that we had exposed he doesn’t know the First Amendment, and then when we read the reports that said the opposite we were all like “what?” From Christine O’Donnell really is that dumb. Looks like she really is that dumb.
It Is Not Just John Maynard Keynes, It Is Milton Friedman Who Is Being Thrown Over the Side
Any time that the views of Milton Friedman are denounced as those of a left-wing semi-socialist kook, something has gone very, very wrong. From It Is Not Just John Maynard Keynes, It Is Milton Friedman Who Is Being Thrown Over the Side – Grasping Reality with Both Hands Quote of the day. I used to… Continue reading It Is Not Just John Maynard Keynes, It Is Milton Friedman Who Is Being Thrown Over the Side
Race war wing nuts and the Tea Party
TPM has obtained some of the threatening and racist emails that that voter registration group down in Houston received after being targeted by one Texas Tea Party group for alleged “voter fraud.” It’s about as ugly as you would expect: “The WAR is coming and we are going to dispose of each and every one… Continue reading Race war wing nuts and the Tea Party
The audacity of audacity
Imagine Anita Hill’s shock when she checked her voicemail last weekend and found a message from one Virginia Thomas. As in, the wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, the man she accused of sexual harassment back in 1991. The New York Times reports that Thomas has confirmed that she made the out-of-the-blue call… Continue reading The audacity of audacity
You’re telling me that’s in the First Amendment?
“Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?” O’Donnell asked him. When Coons responded that the First Amendment bars Congress from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, O’Donnell asked: “You’re telling me that’s in the First Amendment?” From You’re telling me that’s in the First Amendment? I’m not shocked by the… Continue reading You’re telling me that’s in the First Amendment?
Partisanship Matters Most
Via John Sides, an elegant depiction from Gallup of why you shouldn’t take people’s explanations of what’s bothering them at face value: Democrats and Republicans alike feel threatened by the idea of a government controlled by the other political party. From Partisanship Matters Most Amazing chart that seems to explain the tea party better than… Continue reading Partisanship Matters Most
What did dinosaur meat taste like?
Slate ponders the question, what did dinosaur meat taste like?
Activism of Thomas’s Wife Could Raise Judicial Issues
It is the most partisan role ever for a spouse of a justice on the nation’s highest court, and Mrs. Thomas is just getting started. “Liberty Central will be bigger than the Tea Party movement,” she told Fox News in April, at a Tea Party rally in Atlanta. But to some people who study judicial… Continue reading Activism of Thomas’s Wife Could Raise Judicial Issues
5 Myths about Federal Taxes
My colleague Bob Stoker walked into my office yesterday and, apropos of Andy’s post about Greg Mankiw, noted that there sure was a lot of misinformation about taxation. I suggest he write a corrective, and here it is. From The Monkey Cage: 5 Myths about Federal Taxes Really interesting read.