The Liberator Today

The Grumpy Economist has a great post on the economic effects of crony capitalism. Some quotes: Economists tend not to pay enough attentio...

Mayor Sanders performs a nice little feat of local crony capitalism, as first reported by the San Diego Reader . From the U-T . San Diego M...

. . . comes from Chrystia Freeland , right, (H/T HotAir ) who looks at the unrest the world over and comes to this conclusion. The unifying ...

Pillars of the economy meet with members of Congress. Today's WSJ editorial excoriates House Republicans for their mishandling the payr...

Walter Russell Mead, getting to be one of my favorite writers, takes down Congress and Wall Street on their extremely cozy relationship. T...

Eli Lilly is shilling for Medicare Part D , the better to receive government dollars in the form of medicare reimbursements. Their scare ca...

Secretary of Energy Steve Chu on his actions in the Solyndra scandal. "As the secretary of energy, the final decisions on Solyndra we...

Some great quotes about the state of the nation this week. First from Dean , on diagnosing the exact reason that the occupy movement appears...

Two prominent Republicans who are not declared candidates for President are making their mark on the national debate. Sarah Palin has been ...

If there was any doubt as to why corporations and unions contribute large sums to political campaigns, today's news should dispel any do...

Out of town for a few days, so blogging will be light. We have two big issues in the Congress right now, Cap and Trade and Financial Reform...

Obama is again attacking bankers as a politically expedient scape goat as anger over bank bonuses spreads by proposing a bank tax. Interest...