The Obama Transition Office has released the report of White House Counsel-to-be Greg Craig regarding contacts between Obama’s circle and that of disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The most interesting part (which, really, isn’t all that interesting) concerns a few conversations that future White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel had with the Governor and [...]
In yesterday’s installment, we were introduced to a seaweed-and-spam delicacy known as musubi, which I’m sure we have all since tried to recreate at home. Today, we find the President-elect attempting to work it off (if indeed he ate it, of which we have no confirmation, and which we sincerely hope he didn’t) at a [...]
Here’s the latest from me. I find this issue really interesting because it encapsulates perfectly the struggle between supply-and demand-side economics. If it passes, or if Obama manages to enact rule changes without going through Congress, it’s a victory for all those demand-side economists who for years have been saying that growing the Middle Class [...]
It’s bad. Never mind that for two elections in a row Republicans have lost political independents by wide margins. Never mind that their reputation for competence is approaching Bernie Madoff-like levels, or that the nation’s demographic shift, particularly the growth in Latino voters, imperils their electoral future. Never mind that party leaders will return to [...]
