Read the Stimulus
A new website called ReadTheStimulus.org has gone online. The site, co-sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, National Taxpayers Union, Citizens Against Government Waste, Americans for Prosperity, and other organizations offers…
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The Oath Matters
President Barack Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts agree with your humble narrator that the presidential oath of office matters. (See blog post from yesterday) During the inaugural ceremony…
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
The Senate has overwhelmingly approved the nomination of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York) to be secretary of state, Fox News reports. Mrs. Clinton will presumably resign as a senator…
Wasteful Stimulus Package
Jonathan Tolman at the Competitive Enterprise Institute writes that the current stimulus package under consideration is incredibly wasteful: Not all stimulus programs are created equal. If the goal of…
Massive Inauguration Day Stock Drop
The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its worst Inauguration Day drop ever yesterday as Barack Obama was sworn in as president of the United States, Bloomberg reports. Markets seem…
Robert Redford Criticized at Film Festival
At the Sundance Film Festival, protesters denounced founder Robert Redford, accusing him of being an enemy of the poor for opposing energy exploration, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. It’s…
Late Swearing-In Means There was No President Briefly
Since nobody on Capitol Hill cares about the Constitution, this constitutes trivia. The musical interlude at the inauguration ceremony that extended for about six minutes after 12 Noon today, after Joe…
Misplaced Optimism in America
As Barack Obama is about to be sworn in as the 44th U.S. president in mere minutes, Americans seem to believe his economic stimulus package will help to revive the…
Welcome to the Club, Britain
The United Kingdom had a big bank bailout too, and like here, it didn’t help — and arguably made matters worse.
Another Philanthropist Hedge Fund Manager Absconds?
There are reports that Arthur Nadel, a hedge fund manager and philanthropist, disappeared with up to $350 million of his clients’ money. A blogger (Libertarian Republican) reports that Nadel…