Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy.

One Alaskan’s take on the Palin business

A guest post to Mudflats blog is worth a look: Here’s Rep. Gara’s take on McCain’s spin and interference with the bi-partisan “Troopergate” Investigation. Politicians are good at spin. The McCain camp has brought a whole new level of it to our small state – in what looks like an effort to show they can […]

Quizz

Where is this little island and what is the name of this place of an international contest of wills? I do not understand how people might nod their heads and say “hmmmmmmm’, never thought of it that way!”

Gibson and Palin

Gibson and Palin on first ABC news interview. We can use the transcripts and read the results.

Pending moderation

Moderation is no longer pending, but has a slight delay until technology increases our flexibility to respond to wild statements. Bile free.

Let’s Play a Game: Connect the Dots

Let us assume: That there is an equity premium ([PDF] UPDATE: Link modified to Brad De Long posting in which the PDF is embedded. Hat tip: Don Lloyd in comments.) That the equity premium can be derived from a linear relationship (y = ax(1) + bx(2) + ….) of the most significant variables. That equity […]

Intergenerational Equity, Unfunded Liability and Selfish Boomers

The newest buzzphrase in the Social Security world is ‘Intergenerational Equity’. It is indeed the theme of the new movie IOUSA (to whose webpage I link) which itself is pretty much a documentary of the Concord Coaltion’s Fiscal Wake Up Tour. (The fact that Concord was founded by Pete Peterson and rights to distribute the […]

OMB Watch has an opinion

OMB Watch has an opinion piece worth review no matter ones notions of regulation in abstract. The science is getting better at detecting and evaluating trace and small amounts of chemicals affecting hormones and development. This is not a Bush Administration only issue….whoever wins the elections needs to take a hard look at public health […]

Buffet begins pull out of bank insurance

The WSJ reports: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has told one of its subsidiaries to stop insuring bank deposits above the amount guaranteed by the federal government, dealing a fresh blow to the financial-services industry as it tries to assuage anxious customers. The subsidiary, Kansas Bankers Surety Co., is notifying about 1,500 banks in more […]

Report on oil speculation

by Divorced one like Bush Anyone else see this report? The report by Masters Capital Management said investors poured $60 billion into oil futures markets during the first five months of the year as oil prices soared from $95 a barrel in January to $145 a barrel by July. Since then, these investors have withdrawn […]