Category: corruption
There has been a lot of lament by the far left in America that the Tea Party has somehow driven the Republican Party to conservative extremes. This, however, is …
Obama? Why, he’s the middle class warrior, isn’t he? He’s the veritable man of the people, darn it. He has beer summits and he chows down on burgers and …
I’ve often quoted Stalin’s aphorism that “sometimes quantity has a quality all its own.” It’s a profound truism, having value in a variety of areas. But recent political “scandals” …
In my last post “When Democrats Are Correct” , I told the story of a Republican political appointee in Tulsa, Oklahoma who used his office to gain a benefit …
It is easy to criticize Democrats when they are wrong about something. However, fairness requires that Democrats be applauded when they are right about something. So, this post is about Democrats doing …
The Financial Times is reporting: Deven Sharma is stepping down as president of Standard & Poor’s only weeks after the rating agency issued an unprecedented downgrade of the credit …
Rather shockingly corrupt, except in Chicago, where it's just how government operates.
The details of the BATF’s “Operation Fast And Furious” just keep coming, and it’s getting harder and harder to follow just what happened. Not because what happened is so …
I've decided to start having some fun with real world economics results that are clearly understandable to anyone with even a basic understanding of how markets work, but which …
Today's Boston Globe has two editorials discussing the criminal career of mob boss, sociopath, and all-around monster James "Whitey" Bulger, and in particular the burdens it put on his …
