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Did B of A help rig Merrill’s books in order to squeeze some bailout money out of the Treasury?
Looks as if the government needs a tough cop rather than a nice cop to deal with Wall Street.
Archive for March, 2009
March 21st, 2009
Category: Financial crises
March 20th, 2009
Category: Africa
Maybe. But doesn’t the Mugabe story show that the Westphalia doctrine of state sovereignty needs to be replaced?
March 20th, 2009
Category: Commerce and its discontents, Sports
If Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is going to be so contemptuous of his fans, then maybe they should return the favor.
March 19th, 2009
Category: Israel
Accusations of IDF callousness toward civilians have more credibility than before, for a simple reason: they are coming from IDF soldiers.
March 18th, 2009
Category: Religion and Politics
This time it’s the Santo Daime in Oregon. What will Holder do now?
March 17th, 2009
Category: Wayward press
Yes, it’s true: I’m on JournoList, the “secret liberal journalist cabal.” But now that I’ve told ya, I’m gonna hafta kill ya. Nothin’ personal; it’s just the rules.
March 17th, 2009
Category: California Politics
The face is the face of a sportswear model, but the mind is the mind of a wonk.
March 17th, 2009
Category: International Affairs
Chas Freeman, in the way he withdrew from consideration to be Chair of the National Intelligence Council, showed that Adm. Blair should not have selected him in the first place. The affair does not shed a favorable light on the new administration’s approach to building a national security team.