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New TurboTax Edition Aids Future Treasury Secretaries
Paul Caron notes that TurboTax has updated its software to be sure to prompt future Treasury Secretaries to pay their self-employment taxes when they work for the IMF. (h/t Megan McArdle) ...
Senators Make Massive Security Slip In Letter to Obama
Daphne Evitiar doesn’t seem to note anything unusual about this: Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) sent a letter to President Obama today asking him to halt the transfer of six Guantanamo detainees...
That’s What I Call A Loophole…
In discussing legal possibilities vs. tradition vis a vis the Senate filibuster rules, Matthew Yglesias pens an interesting legal scenario. After all, a lot of things are possible in our system. To the best of my understanding, nothing is stopping Ra...
Obama “Keeping An Eye” On Robots
Surely no matter whether we identify as Republicans, Democrats, or Independents, we can all agree with President Obama’s statement regarding robotics. Now, the students from Oakton High School are going to be demonstrating the Cougar Cannon des...
Private Forecasters Support Claim That Stimulus Worked
Back when the stimulus bill was passed, I have to say that I was opposed to it. When the White House claimed it was working, I pretty much scoffed. So I have to admit that I was taken aback to read this article, which indicates that professional ec...
How Much Will Escalation Cost?
The L.A. Times has a fascinating article about the difficulties in accounting for estimated costs in a troop surge in Afghanistan. The calculations so far have produced a sweeping range. The Pentagon publicly estimates it will cost $500,000 a year fo...
A Question About Bonuses and Bailouts
I was reading this Megan McArdle post about the federal government restricting bonuses to AIG employees. As I was reading, I came across this sentence: To wit: the traders at AIG are threatening to walk if Ken Feinberg pays them what he says heR...
Douthat Blogging Again
A few months ago, when Ross Douthat became a New York Times columnist, I was pretty excited that the Times had chosen a fresh, conservative perspective for its editorial pages. Since then, I admit I’ve been a little disappointed. Douthat̵...
OTB Radio – Tonight at 5:30 Eastern
The next episode of OTB Radio, our BlogTalkRadio program, will record and air live from 5:30-6:30 Eastern. Dave Schuler and I will talk about Sarah Palin’s comeback tour and ensuing controversies and President Obama’s Asia trip. Alex Kn...
Pfizer Abandons Property It Stole From Kelo
I missed this story last week, but apparently Pfizer is abandoning its New London headquarters, and the land that it used the power of government to steal from Kelo et al. now lays fallow. Susette Kelo’s little, pink house in New London, Conn. ...
Reading the Bill is a Waste of Time
Bruce Bartlett articulates something that I’ve been wanting to write about for a while about the “read the bill” nonsense, and since he did a better job of it than I would have, I’ll just direct you to him: The 1,990-page leng...
Oklahoma High Schoolers Are Very Familiar With George Washington, Thanks
You may recall that a couple of months ago, there was a “shocking survey” circulating around which showed that only 23% of Oklahoma students knew that George Washington was the first President of the United States. At the time, my collea...
Pentagon Expected To Ask For Supplementary War Funding. As Usual.
Remember a couple of weeks ago, when Congress passed a $680 billion appropriation? Well, don’t worry–the military will be getting still more money: The nation’s top military officer said Wednesday that he expected the Pentagon to ask C...
Health Reform Bill to Allow Insurance Payments For Prayer Healings
Via Kevin Drum, I have learned that current Senate version of the health reform bill would provide for insurance payments for Christian Science prayer treatments–and probably other “spiritual” treatments as well. Reporting from Wash...
