Doesn’t this sort of thing just prove his point?

Bush guilty of insider trading? According to Paul Krugman, he was, and it was only George H.W. Bush’s conniving that kept the younger Bush out of the slammer to run for president in 2000.

But long before that ruling � though only a few weeks before bad news that could not be concealed [...]

God’s prophet? The San Diego Union-Tribune’s James Goldsborough can’t quite top the San Francisco Chronicle’s Stephanie Salter, but he comes close. Back in December, Salter showed that she lacks some common sense by “channeling” Jesus Christ. Goldsborough merely comes across as some sort of John the Baptist, shouting in the wilderness.

Goldsborough takes [...]

California Gov. Gray “Mussolini” Davis: Once power is given, it can be very difficult to reclaim — and that’s something that the California legislature is learning now. Today’s Sacramento Bee reports that the California legislature, dominated by Democrats, is grumbling about Davis’ continued energy-related “state of emergency.”

Even though the Democratic governor insists [...]

Introduction to politics: Today’s Washington Post has an editorial today on the pork-laden farm bill passed earlier this month. The Post takes Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle ($-S.D.) to task for doing what all politicians do best — lying.

The release came from Sen. Tim Johnson, Mr. Daschle’s fellow South Dakota Democrat, and [...]

Surprise! The New York Times’ Paul Krugman provides an excellent and concise primer on the different methods certain unsavory corporations have used to inflate their profits. [Odds that the previous statement has given Jeff Hauser a heart attack: 2 to 1. The rest of you will be reading on.]

Wall Street is in serious [...]

Former Rep. John Kasich was sitting in for Bill O’Reilly on Fox News tonight and I was amazed to hear him utter the old saw: “I know you can’t legislate morality, but we sure could use some more of it on Wall Street.”

While the latter phrase is certainly correct, the former is an old, [...]

The Ninth Circuit strikes again: The loony Ninth, based in San Francisco, has ruled that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional endorsement of religion and cannot be recited in public schools.

Actually, if its so unconstitutional, it probably shouldn’t be recited in Congress or before the Supreme Court. Look for this to be overturned [...]

Also in the Middle East The Palestinian Authority announced earlier this week that it had put the founder of Hamas under house arrest.

The Palestinian Authority has placed the founder and spiritual mentor of the Islamic militant group Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, under house arrest in Gaza City, a Palestinian security official says.

The [...]

Got this in my e-mail tonight:

FROM THE DESK OF PRINCE TUNJI MOHAMMED
FAX NUMBER: 234 9 2720164

DEAR SIR,

WE ARE SENDING THIS LETTER TO YOU BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE FOREIGN TRADE OFFICE OF THE NIGERIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. WE BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD BE IN [...]