Posts from ‘September, 2008’

Talk about gravitas. Nina Totenberg at NPR weighs in on Sarah Palin’s role as John McCain’s cheerleader. She does an enthusiastic, gee-whiz  job of goosing him and juicing crowds at their rallies(like the one in Columbus yesterday where he took credit for the bailout deal just before it went down in flames), but is she [...]

Making $700 Billion Look Small - Floyd Norris Blog - NYT 093008:
The Dow Jones-Wilshire 5000 folks say the stock market lost $1.2 trillion in value today. Year-to-date, the figure is $4.2 trillion.
And I thought $700 billion was a lot of money.
If the stock market closes tomorrow unchanged, this will be the third-worst month for the [...]

Revolt of the Nihilists - Op-Ed - NYT 093008:
House Republicans led the way and will get most of the blame. It has been interesting to watch them on their single-minded mission to destroy the Republican Party. Not long ago, they led an anti-immigration crusade that drove away Hispanic support. Then, too, they listened to the [...]

The 25 Most Influential People on the Web - BusinessWeek.
Each year, we turn to readers and BusinessWeek staff for the Best of the Web list, asking them to contribute names for a list of the Intern­et’s movers and shakers. Take a look at the slide show to see which people have the most impact on [...]

“Gov. Palin and Katie Couric get real and adorable.” It isn’t quite as funny as last wek’s Sarah/Hillary bit, but it’s savagely and sadly accurate.