Jan
27
State of the . . . oh just please shoot me
January 27, 2010 | 6 Comments
Evidently there’s some sort of speech being given tonight around these parts. Oh, it’s the State of the Union address, America’s annual ritual of self-torture. You couldn’t pay me to watch this thing – okay, who am I kidding. If some mag wants to throw a few bucks my way to liveblog the thing, I’d [...]
Oct
10
Our financial crisis: It’s all Jefferson’s fault
October 10, 2008 | 4 Comments
I have no idea if John Steele Gordon is even remotely on track, but this was guaranteed to perk my ears up: We are now in the midst of a major financial panic. This is not a unique occurrence in American history. Indeed, we’ve had one roughly every 20 years: in 1819, 1836, 1857, 1873, [...]