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Daily Archives: September 24th, 2008

Thinking about bailouts

One reason it’s not a good idea to pass a massive bailout without thinking is, tautologically speaking, because you don’t think about what you’re doing. That’s the essence of the Paulson plan, of course, to stop us from thinking-to make us react out of fear. And, as Matt Yglesias points out, another objective is to […]

Vote Now!

A good friend and loyal reader just alerted me to the fact that PBS is conducting a poll on whether Sarah Palin is qualified to be Vice President. The right wing is trying to stuff the ballot box. We must rise up in righteous anger and do the same. Vote here.