How do you recover from Catwoman? Like this: George W. Bush won the “Razzie” worst actor of the year award on Saturday for his performance as president in “Fahrenheit 9/11” but his moment in Hollywood’s dubious spotlight was eclipsed by Halle Berry, who actually turned up to receive her embarrassing accolade. Berry was named worst […]

I asked that question of an acquaintance of mine who is an attorney working for a federal bankruptcy judge. Here is her answer: 1. There are two basic types of bankruptcy in this country: Chapter 13, which means that the individual is put on a strict, court-supervised payment plan with the goal of fully repaying […]

The usually staid David Broder, teeing off on this report from the CBPP: Back-to-back briefings last week put a harsh spotlight on the deep hole left by the budget policies of George Bush’s first term. Millions of Americans will be paying the price for the fiscal profligacy of this misnamed conservative government. The bad news, […]

The BEA just released its latest figures on personal income and spending in the US: Personal income decreased $238.6 billion, or 2.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) decreased $241.4 billion, or 2.6 percent, in January, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $3.9 billion, or less than 0.1 percent. […]

Matt Yglesias endorses a take no prisoners approach to privatization: Some people want to know why I seem to think Social Security should be a “litmus test” issue for Democrats. On one level, it’s a complicated question requiring a long answer. On another level, it’s a simple question that’s easily answered. First, Social Security is […]

It seems to be in vogue these days, so here’s a few blogs from my blogroll that I think get less traffic than they should (some likely get more visits than we do here at Angry Bear, but may nonetheless be new to many of our readers): 18 Minute Gap Ben Muse Brad Plumer Hobson’s […]

First, the homes of record of US soldiers killed in Iraq:(thanks to commenter Felix for the link) Second, color coded Election 2004 results in which (1) counties are shaded between pure red and pure blue based upon Bush and Kerry’s vote shares and (2) the heights are proportional to voter density (voters per square mile):(Thanks […]

It would seem that John Tammy’s disingenious attack on a tax proposal endorsed by John Podesta prompted this reply from John Podesta, which NRO had the courtesy to post. Since NRO also had the good sense to provide links and all, one might wonder if they were actually adopting a sense of decency and honesty. […]

A Harris poll on Iraq, 9/11, Al Qaeda and Weapons of Mass Destruction: What the Public Believes Now came out last week and, not surprisingly, Americans are stunningly misinformed: 47 percent believe that Saddam Hussein helped plan and support the hijackers who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (up six percentage points from November). […]

We’ve all seen the maps contrasting the vast swaths of red voters with the tiny islets of blue voters. In the past I’ve pointed out the obvious in various ways: relatively few people live in those red seas, and measuring political parties’ strengths by acreage is nonsensical. Unfutz has two more maps, updated for the […]