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How bad is the economy? Don’t jump, but “We’re going to have to redefine what we mean by normal growth”

The government bails out Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG. Lehman Brothers goes bankrupt and Merrill Lynch is sold. Stocks are tanking with the Dow Jones down by 22 percent…

Punditry and Wishful Thinking

by Ken Silverstein,

I’m taking part in the Online 100, a panel put together by PoliticsHome.com, a terrific website that offers breaking political news and analysis. The Online 100, which is meant to…

Six Questions for Bart Gellman, Author of Angler

by Scott Horton,

Last June, Bart Gellman’s four-part series in the Washington Post gave us an extraordinary portrait of Dick Cheney, the most powerful vice president in America’s history. The series, called “Angler”–after…

“Submersion Journalism”: Book Event at New York University on Wednesday

by Ken Silverstein,

Submersion Journalism: Reporting in the Radical First Person from Harper’s Magazine, a collection of fifteen pieces from the magazine, is about to go on sale. One of my stories is…

Congress Still Taking Money From UBS Despite Multiple Investigations

by Ken Silverstein,

Speaking of huge contributions to politicians from Wall Street, you’d think members of Congress would by now be reluctant to accept donations from the American subsidiary of Swiss giant UBS.…

Weekly Review

by Christopher Beha,

Stocks on Wall Street and other exchanges throughout the world dropped as brokerage Merrill Lynch was bought by Bank of America, insurance giant AIG sought tens of billions of dollars…

David Foster Wallace

by Harper’s Magazine,

In memoriam.

A Bipartisan Guide to the Financial Collapse: Who’s not taking money from Merrill and Lehman?

by Ken Silverstein,

“Both the Republicans and Democrats have given the financial services industry everything it wanted. The finance sector has endless amounts of money to influence politics and can outgun the bank…

A Brecht Premiere

by Scott Horton,

In Jürgen Hillesheim’s recent book on the Augsburg adolescence of Bertolt Brecht, we learn how the quiet but stubborn protagonist came to be expelled from high school. It was 1917…

From Goethe’s Divan

by Scott Horton,

Glaubst du denn: von Mund zu Ohr Sei ein redlicher Gewinst? Überliefrung, o du Tor, Ist auch wohl ein Hirngespinst! Nun geht erst das Urteil an; Dich vermag aus Glaubensketten…

Goethe’s Freedom

by Scott Horton,

Hat einer nur so viel Freiheit, um gesund zu leben und sein Gewerbe zu treiben, so hat er genug, und so viel hat leicht ein jeder. Und dann sind wir…

Weekend Read: “Nature Seems to Exist for the Excellent”

by Wyatt Mason,

“It is natural to believe in great men,” begins Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Representative Men: Seven Lectures. After the past twenty-four hours of reassuringly well-lit conversations between Charlie Gibson and the…

A Cartoon

by Mr. Fish,

Our Blunted Rhetorical Daggers

by Wyatt Mason,

“Why is civility so essential? Is negativity not one of the conditions of criticism?” The questions come late in “Against Integrity,” Leon Wieseltier’s latest Washington Diarist column from this fortnight’s…

McCain Strategy: “These Little Facts Don’t Matter”

by Ken Silverstein,

From today’s Washington Post, which cited Sarah Palin’s repeated claims that she fought the Bridge to Nowhere as an example of “a candidate staying on message even when that message…

Criminal Ingratitude: Congressman Doolittle’s aide complains about poor view from stadium skybox

by Ken Silverstein,

Here’s a lovely nugget from the fed’s indictment of Kevin Ring, the former aide to California Congressman John Doolittle who after becoming a lobbyist worked closely with Jack Abramoff. Ring…

Sarah Palin Still a “Stay at Home” Mom at Heart: Which netted her almost $17K from Alaska state coffers

by Ken Silverstein,

From the Washington Post: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a “per diem”…

Weekly Review

by Claire Gutierrez,

The Treasury Department seized control of mortgage and loan giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, firing the companies’ chief executives and promising to provide as much as $200 billion to…

Another Political Prosecution Fails?

by Scott Horton,

Alabama U.S. Attorney Alice Martin’s efforts in prosecuting Democrat Sue Schmitz, previously chronicled here and here, were set back today when the judge overseeing the test case declared a mistrial.…

An Alien Door

by Wyatt Mason,

“Even before the knocker was lifted, he knew they had come: here were the wheels of the trap scraping on gravel, and the pony’s skipping gait, and a child’s angry…

Stanley in Africa: Former Halliburton exec’s history of bribes and kickbacks

by Ken Silverstein,

From ProPublica and PBS’ “Frontline” In the world of Big Oil, Albert “Jack” Stanley was legendary for winning billion-dollar contracts in Third World countries as the Halliburton (HAL, news, msgs)…

Does McCain Campaign Chair’s Lobby Shop Share Skybox with AT&T?

by Ken Silverstein,

There are two great American pastimes: baseball and sucking up to huge corporations. It appears that McCain Campaign Chair Rick Davis has found a way to combine the two. There’s…

O Fortuna!

by Scott Horton,

O Fortuna velut luna statu variabilis, semper crescis aut decrescis; vita detestabilis nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludo mentis aciem, egestatem, potestatem dissolvit ut glaciem. Sors immanis et inanis, rota…

Plotinus: The Contest Between Drugs, Magic and Reason

by Scott Horton,

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Weekend Read: Bearing Down on the Banks

by Wyatt Mason,

At the Republican convention the city of New Orleans and the larger gulf coast received what was doubtless a salubrious and meaningful supply of fortifying lip service. One might suppose…

Torture and Logic

by Ken Silverstein,

A lot of prisoners had it much worse—a lot of—a lot of prisoners had it much worse than I did. I’d been mistreated before, but not as badly as many…

Palin’s Vetting: Five Colleges, None Contacted by McCain

by Ken Silverstein,

I’ve heard of the five-year plan to graduate from college, but this is the first time I’ve heard of the five-college plan. Yes, that’s the number of different colleges that…

A Cartoon

by Mr. Fish,

Alaska: More Diverse than G.O.P. Convention

by Ken Silverstein,

Sarah Palin must have felt right at home last night during her speech to the G.O.P. convention: there were almost no black people. African Americans make up only 3.7 percent…

Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Rove

by Ken Silverstein,

Karl Rove thinks that a president who would pick as his running mate a former small-town mayor and state governor with little experience would be making “an intensely political choice”…

Archive: 2008

How bad is the economy? Don’t jump, but “We’re going to have to redefine what we mean by normal growth”

Punditry and Wishful Thinking

Six Questions for Bart Gellman, Author of Angler

“Submersion Journalism”: Book Event at New York University on Wednesday

Congress Still Taking Money From UBS Despite Multiple Investigations

Weekly Review

David Foster Wallace

A Bipartisan Guide to the Financial Collapse: Who’s not taking money from Merrill and Lehman?

A Brecht Premiere

From Goethe’s Divan

Goethe’s Freedom

Weekend Read: “Nature Seems to Exist for the Excellent”

A Cartoon

Our Blunted Rhetorical Daggers

McCain Strategy: “These Little Facts Don’t Matter”

Criminal Ingratitude: Congressman Doolittle’s aide complains about poor view from stadium skybox

Sarah Palin Still a “Stay at Home” Mom at Heart: Which netted her almost $17K from Alaska state coffers

Weekly Review

Another Political Prosecution Fails?

An Alien Door

Stanley in Africa: Former Halliburton exec’s history of bribes and kickbacks

Does McCain Campaign Chair’s Lobby Shop Share Skybox with AT&T?

O Fortuna!

Plotinus: The Contest Between Drugs, Magic and Reason

Weekend Read: Bearing Down on the Banks

Torture and Logic

Palin’s Vetting: Five Colleges, None Contacted by McCain

A Cartoon

Alaska: More Diverse than G.O.P. Convention

Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Rove

Debug

Archive: 2008

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How bad is the economy? Don’t jump, but “We’re going to have to redefine what we mean by normal growth”

Punditry and Wishful Thinking

Six Questions for Bart Gellman, Author of Angler

“Submersion Journalism”: Book Event at New York University on Wednesday

Congress Still Taking Money From UBS Despite Multiple Investigations

Weekly Review

David Foster Wallace

A Bipartisan Guide to the Financial Collapse: Who’s not taking money from Merrill and Lehman?

A Brecht Premiere

From Goethe’s Divan

Goethe’s Freedom

Weekend Read: “Nature Seems to Exist for the Excellent”

A Cartoon

Our Blunted Rhetorical Daggers

McCain Strategy: “These Little Facts Don’t Matter”

Criminal Ingratitude: Congressman Doolittle’s aide complains about poor view from stadium skybox

Sarah Palin Still a “Stay at Home” Mom at Heart: Which netted her almost $17K from Alaska state coffers

Weekly Review

Another Political Prosecution Fails?

An Alien Door

Stanley in Africa: Former Halliburton exec’s history of bribes and kickbacks

Does McCain Campaign Chair’s Lobby Shop Share Skybox with AT&T?

O Fortuna!

Plotinus: The Contest Between Drugs, Magic and Reason

Weekend Read: Bearing Down on the Banks

Torture and Logic

Palin’s Vetting: Five Colleges, None Contacted by McCain

A Cartoon

Alaska: More Diverse than G.O.P. Convention

Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Rove

Debug