Archive for March, 2007

Folks seem to be really confused as to why this is a big deal. Quite a few of you are repeating the Republican ‘talking point’ that: “Clinton fired all 93, so what’s the big deal about Bush firing 8?”
OK. Listen up and I’ll tell you.
First: it is normal for an incoming President to… »

The US Attorney scandal has all the makings of a first class spectacle. It pits the slick spinmeisters of the White House, and the Frat Boy-in-Chief against people like Senator Leahy from Vermont who is the living embodiment of non-slickness. The crisis is building and the sides are lined up for the next… »

I have for the past few years become a bore by harping on the scandalous behaviour of the Bush regime. It seems to see as legitimate pretty much anything I see as corrupt. Two different points of view I suppose. It is one thing to disagree with someone on purely political grounds,… »

Last time I wrote the markets were in difficulty because of fears founded on potential weaknesses in the Chinese growth rate. It is a measure of our situation that the Chinese economy is emerging as the engine that can push or pull much of the world’s growth. But it isn’t the only economy… »

I should make a comment on the state of the economy, especially in view of my comments in mid-2006 when I started to urge caution to all who would listen. Here’s what I think is going on:
First things are not as bad as the losses on the stock market suggest. That is to… »