I agree with Slacktivist on this, and I expect that many readers, from across the political spectrum will also agree: I’ll gladly concede that Paulson knows more about the world’s rapidly collapsing finance system than I do. That doesn’t matter. Paulson’s request violates an inviolable principle, namely, to repeat, that if a public official demands [...]
Archive for September 23rd, 2008
Good Reading on the Financial Crisis
Posted in Economics, News & Current Events on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hazing
Posted in News & Current Events on September 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When the Abu Ghraib scandal hit, Republicans and conservatives dismissed it as being no worse than “hazing.” Apparently, they weren’t as far off the mark as I thought. But I don’t think this is quite what they had in mind when they said “hazing,” either: According to state police reports, a group of juniors assaulted [...]
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