The Bear Stearns meltdown and subsequent acquisition by JPMorgan (facilitated by the Federal Reserve) is in the news and hit the front pages...

"... this nation's first (and maybe even only) honest candidate offering himself for public service as the person to occupy the Ov...

On hearing about the Medellin v. Texas decision in the news this blogger was confused re a number of issues – for example, if Article VI of...

1. October 2002 this blogger observed that there seemed to be some confusion re what the President’s duty is ( see the Quotes page – 3rd b...

Re the recent break out of fighting in Basra between the "Iraqi authorities" and "militias" and "gangs", look...

With the war in Iraq having entered its sixth year the media have been running retrospectives – mea culpas by a very few, re-examination of ...