The American Mind

Alright, I will do one quick post. Philip Winn is celebrating Reformation Day and has a review of the movie Luther.
“Not Halloween, Reformation Day!”

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No posting for a while tonight. I’m catching up on this week’s Charlie Roses and Booknotes. Do check out a load of Halloween posts at Blogcritics.org.
“Halloween Madness!”

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Ed Driscoll posts on what happened when Miles Davis put together the “greatest rock ‘n roll band you ever heard.”
“Miles Goes The Distance”

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A new Badger Poll shows 46% of Wisconsin voters want President Bush re-elected. 45% want someone else. That may sound good for the Democrats, but their candidates have little name recognition. Also, 50% of respondents said Bush as doing a “good” or “excellent” job as President. Only 21% see his performance as “poor.”
Like in 2000, [...]

Elliot Spitzer’s Wall Street investigation has reached Wisconsin where Richard Strong, Chairman of Strong Capital Managment, is accused of making improper trades in his mutual funds. Whether he did anything wrong or not index funds where fund managers aren’t needed look better and better.
“Strong Ready to Step Down if ‘Necessary’”

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Howard the Duck is about to get the endorsement of SEIU, the largest member union of the AFL-CIO further securing his place as Democratic front-runner. This may be a crushing blow to Gephardt who is counting on union support to help him win the nomination.
“A Big Union Feather in Dean’s Cap” [via Drudge]

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Kevin congratulates Moxie on three years of running her weblog. TAM being an elder statesman to many weblogs was around three years ago. I was ripping AlGore (nicknamed “Stiffy) every chance I got.

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The economy had a good third quarter. GDP rose 7.2%, the highest rate since 1984 (the year a GOP President got re-elected); initial jobless claims fell 5,000 last week, and
Unlike the past two years, any boost in the economy wasn’t solely dependent on business spending. Firms finally started spending again which suggests they’ll hire [...]

mtpolitcs is on a roll. The second part of the Brian Schweitzer interview is up and he’ll soon be interviewing a Republican candidate for governor.

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Go visit Earthly Passions which is wise enough to link to TAM.

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Kevin Holtsberry started up a weblog devoted to books. He already has a good post on high art and Virginia Postrel’s The Substance of Style–which I’m reading currently. Collected Miscellany has immediately been added to the blogroll.

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Steve Verdon points out an important part of any universal health care plan:
This is why with universal coverage legislation you see in all the legislative mumbo-jumbo a section which outlaws private insurance. The universal insurance program offered by the government is basically a big pooling equilibrium. So if private insurance is not outlawed, then the [...]

Sure the Donald Rumsfeld doll (it looks too much like a Ken doll to be called an “action figure” and the Dennis Miller doll are pretty cool, but can they compare to a Martin Luther bobblehead? I don’t think so.
[via Betsy's Page]

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Michael Schiavo is challenging the Florida law that let his wife be fed. No surprise here. I just wonder how Teri’s life would have been different if Michael would have actually spent the malpractice award money on her rehabilitation instead of lawyers.
“Husband Contests Law in Florida Right-To-Die Case”

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Howard the Duck declared himself a “metrosexual” in Colorado. No word yet on what shirt and tie combo will be the in thing for winter or when he’s getting his hair highlighted.
“Dean Courts Wide Spectrum” [via Venomous Kate]

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