Eschaton

I don't know where HCR is ultimately going to end up, but it's useful to consider why a basically simply problem is being addressed ...

This provides some justification for my mildly anti-urban-park bent . Often when people support parks what they're supporting is an emp...

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For whatever reason, banks aren't doing very well with foreclosure sales . It could be because they're just the servicer and don...

I agree that pissing off liberals is the main point of global warming denialism, combined with a general need for liberals to be wrong abou...

Yes, liberal economists should stop backing conservatives just because they think they're smart.

I don't even know which war is the other war anymore. BAGHDAD — A series of devastating car bombings rocked Baghdad on Tuesday, killing ...

This is not awful . In fact, it is pretty good. Will this be translated into legislation?

I get really annoyed when people suggest it's oh so hard to come up with quick infrastructure projects. It isn't. More than 20 perc...

It's like Tintin doesn't even care about Hobbits -- or Vikings!

Or at least repairing some of those supertrain bridges? Washington (CNN) – President Obama will propose using $200 billion from the Troubled...

It's a little early, but what the hell. Go wild!

Since all the dirty hippies decided that the public option was what mattered, it was probably inevitable that it would go (I don't know ...

I do not know why elite journalism wants to elevate and showcase its worst elements.

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I find it weird that some see these losses as somehow "small." WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department expects to recover all but $42...

A tax or a well administered cap and trade program would be superior (and more favored by business) to EPA regulation, which is presumably w...

I'm sure it's a lovely place, but I really detest people claiming a particular pile of rubble is somehow The Genuine Slice Of Ameri...

The whole firm should be put on government pay scales. Five senior executives at American International Group told the bailed-out insurer la...

It appears these executives were incentivized to gamble. Banksters .