Justin takes a look at Obama’s economics speech — which emphasized “core regulatory principles” over concrete proposals — and scratches his chin about what he sees: The reality is that it’s incredibly hard for anybody, be they regulator or CEO, to stand in the way of a financial innovation that’s churning out big profits. The [...]
• “Stafford Smith advised Binyam that when he appeared before the military tribunal he should represent himself. “His words, not mine, were going to be published by the media,” Stafford Smith writes. Binyam understood. His military commission hearing transcript, as reported by Stafford Smith, reads like a script for a farce. First comes the matter [...]
Pop quiz: If someone narrated your life, what would his or her voice sound like? Like the hipster kid from those Apple computer ads? Like a spiky-haired designer on Project Runway? Like David Lee Roth or Cindy Lauper or Gene Hackman or Wilford Brimley? Is it high-pitched and caffeinated, or low and slow? Does it [...]
Friday Morning Update: This is a pretty comprehensive update from the Washington Post, although I have my doubts about the top of the story–Sadr City is a vast place and four stryker vehicles hardly represent a major assault. The really worrisome part about this is that the U.S. is getting sucked into a potentially massive [...]
Seems to me that absolutely no one is really sure what’s going on in Basra right now, although it does appear that the Mahdi Army is holding its own against the Maliki/Badr forces (or, if you prefer, the Dawa/ISCI alliance). At such times, it’s best to go with those who keep closest touch with the [...]
Obama adviser Daniel Tarullo, in response to a question from an AP reporter on today’s conference call, took an usual route to an answer: He agreed with the premise of the question. The reporter noted that Obama’s much-ballyhooed speech on the economy today didn’t contain any specific proposals. Hmmm, I thought to myself, that sounds [...]
Possibly the best news the Clinton camp has gotten this week. Also: I can’t wait to see Sinbad and Elton fight!
• “[T]here has been far more stability than change in the national Obama-Clinton vote preference since Super Tuesday, and that includes the period of last ten days. To the extent that we have seen real changes, they are barely bigger than what we might expect by chance alone…. the seemingly odd divergence between Gallup and [...]
