Month: June 2009

Open Thread

Hey, Norm, it’s never too late to be gracious. What’s on your mind? Update [2009-6-30 16:12:21 by BooMan]: Coleman concedes.

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Simple Questions

From Todd Purdum’s piece on Sarah Palin in Vanity Fair: What does it say about the nature of modern American politics that a public official who often seems proud of what she does not know is not only accepted but...

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On the Iraq Pull Back

Thomas Ricks, author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, is definitely not optimistic about Iraq’s chances now that the deadline has arrived for American troops to leave the cities. Basically, he assumes...

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P2P Lending – Who Needs Banks?

Let’s say you go to your bank for a loan and find that your credit isn’t good enough, or that the home equity line you thought you had no longer exists because the remaining equity in your house has less value than...

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