Robert Waldmann has coined a new word (he did it almost a week ago, but hey, I’ve been on vacation): Nordtopian adj based on the illusion that the Nordic model can and might be adopted elsewhere. Now this blog has certainly exhibited many telltale signs of Nordophilia (which I guess is why Felix Salmon pointed [...]
So now Hillary Clinton has decided to endorse John McCain’s silly idea of a three-month federal gas tax holiday. Only Barack Obama, who voted for an Illinois gas tax holiday back in 2000 but has since seen the error of his ways, is standing firm against this nonsense. Why’s it nonsense? First of all, because [...]
It’s in the issue of Time that came out last Friday, with Barary (Oblinton?) on the cover, and online here. It begins: On those awkward occasions when he is asked about his nation’s currency, President George W. Bush has a simple response. “We believe in a strong-dollar policy,” he’ll say–or words to that effect. For [...]
