Is debate doomed? After watching the three Presidential debates that barely affected the race one could easily say, “yes:”
It’s unlikely that debate will fully recover. Oratory is too battered — in the schools by a misplaced egalitarianism, in national politics by an anti-intellectual populism. It’s a shame. Crowds thrill to Barack Obama’s words, as they [...]
Little Miss Attila wants to go to Nevada, and it doesn’t involve gambling (unless you consider voting for Sen. Obama gambling on our nation’s future):
I just heard from the Nevada organizers, and they’d like me to come out and act as a poll observer, to keep things fair, and/or assist with their “get out the [...]
If you think there’s a creative spark within you don’t panic that it hasn’t become a flame yet. Remember Ben Fountain and Paul Cézanne.
“Late Bloomers“
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There are many piling on Christopher Buckley for endorsing Sen. Barack Obama. A lot of it is justified. His reasoning was pretty thin. Just note that even though Buckley shares his conservative father’s last name and has written for National Review I wouldn’t put him in the ideological pantheon of his dad. Christopher isn’t William [...]
For another reason to think Sen. John McCain made a good choice with Gov. Sarah Palin note that Noam Chomsky loathes the pick.
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Paul Krugman is surely one of the most controversial Nobel Prize winners in some time. Let me first state the guy has a research track record to be a yearly contender for the Nobel Prize in economics. Once upon a time before Krugman became an unreadable Left-wing shrill he wrote interesting, if still center-left, books [...]
Be careful getting whiplash watching the stock market oscillate:
Stocks snapped a brutal losing streak in resounding fashion as the Dow Jones Industrial Average enjoyed its biggest one-day point gain ever following new moves by governments to shore up the global financial system.
The Dow leapt 936.42 points, or 11.1%, to 9387.61. The rally ended an eight-day [...]
Here’s further evidence Hollywood is out of ideas. ABC’s bringing back V:
“V,” the 1980s miniseries about alien lizards visiting Earth, will invade primetime once again.
ABC is developing a new adaptation of the franchise — which spawned a second mini and TV spinoff — written by “The 4400″ co-creator/exec producer Scott Peters.
Warner Bros. TV, which was [...]
No booing here. Just Gov. Sarah Palin talking about life as an Alaska hockey mom:
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Here’s a pretty original way to watch the VP debate:
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Nick Schulz and Arnold Kling examine some reasons for increased income inequality. They place a lot of blame/credit on technology, “winner-take-most markets,” family structure, and immigration. I think part of income inequality can be laid on people having the luxury of taking greater risks that could result in tremendous monetary rewards.
We live in a society [...]
The New York branch of the Federal Reserve will hold a meeting tomorrow about setting up a clearinghouse or market to trade credit default swaps:
The Fed will hold a meeting with “a small number of banks and buy-side firms” to discuss progress being made on creating a central counterparty, said a New York Fed spokesman [...]
It’s not a football stadium but Gov. Sarah Palin filled a California soccer stadium. Palinmania is alive and well.
“Video: Sarah Palin Post-Debate Rally in Carson, CA”
“Palin Rally in California, But is the Campaign Poised to Stumble?”
“The Palin Rally Yesterday!”
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Going into the Vice Presidential debate I worried about Gov. Sarah Palin. Since Sen. John McCain announced her as his running mate and her amazing acceptance speech I got caught up in her magical launch upon the American scene. Since then Palin has had shaky and poor interviews with Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric.
I [...]
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