Government Bailouts

Remember Robert Reich, Clinton's Secretary of Labor? He has a blog that's well worth reading, especially when the economy is an issue (o.k., it always is). He has a post that seems to this economically-challenged reader to be right on. It concerns the bailout of Bear Stearns and what would constitute a more sensible approach.

McCain post #2

In the last post, McCain's gaffe on the Iran/AlQaeda connection was mentioned but not emphasized. Here's a Huffington Post article that puts his repeated mistakes in context. Bonus attraction: part of it is Lieberman's blunder!

Time to discuss McCain

It appears that the Democratic primary season is far from over, so why not use some time to examine the opposition? Here's a start: Josh Marshall's evaluation of the state of the McCain candidacy. He makes some very good points.

Let's Hope He's Wrong

Here's a post from Firedoglake that makes the weather outside seem downright warm. I don't know whether Ian Welsh is an economist (Wikipedia just identifies him as a former Scotch MP) but his economic predictions from last November are eerily accurate and his predictions now are frightening.

Tort Reform?

Kevin Drum has an alarming post about how the corporations, with their corporatist allies, are undermining citizens' rights.