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Disloyal Opposition
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Politics, current events and culture from a pro-freedom perspective.
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Interesting timing on that insider trading charge
Mark Cuban, celebrity businessman of "Dancing with the Stars" fame, the Dallas Mavericks and several movie roles, has been charged with insider trading. Says Wired:The complaint claims that in 2004 Cuban learned of a private offering of Mamma.com (no...
What would Obama do?
Oh please please please tell me that this Website is a snarky joke meant to spoof the creepy cult of personality that has evolved among Obamatons toward the president-elect.But I fear not....
Five-trillion-dollar frenzy
Remember when we were just bitching about a $700 billion bailout to favored banks in the financial industry? Well, break out your spare zeros. Forbes reports that the total is much, much higher -- and still growing.For all the fury over Treasury Secr...
Financial deregulation? What financial deregulation?
Lawrence White, a professor of economic history at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, tells of walking across campus and hearing two non-economists blaming the financial crisis on greed and deregulation. "If I had butted in, I would have made tw...
Socialists? No, we're not socialists -- well, except for health care
Beware of a politician who has a long, detailed, plan for how an important area of human life should be run by the government. A politician, for instance, like Sen. Max Baucus:Baucus, the Senate Finance Committee chairman, called on Congress to creat...
