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Ignani and the Ignavi

Robert WaldmannAHIP The health insurance lobby just declared war on the Baucus plan. This is new, since they previously supported health care reform. It is not, however, surprising. AHIP made its...

D-Squared Provokes a Call to Action

The close:[W]hen the New York Times came and offered [Ross Douhat] a column, he did not turn it down saying "no, I clearly do not deserve this honour, others are far more qualified for it that...

FTC/Blogger Silliness Defined

Mark Cuban gets the FTC's artificial distinction between bloggers and journalism exactly correct.Full disclosure: I had a Press Pass to the Clinton Global Initiative, and got things such as a disc...

Brad DeLong is Correct

All right, I give up. I've reviewed for the Washington Post Book World, I consider some of their work interesting, and can almost forgive them for publishing Ruth Marcus, Charles Krauthammer, Anne...

Norman Borlaug, Michael Jackson, and the Invisible Hand

by cactus Norman Borlaug, Michael Jackson, and the Invisible Hand When Adam Smith described the concept of laissez-faire capitalism, he argued that it was not just efficient but moral. As long...

Dear John

If you needed a picture of a Megan M., you could have used this one:(h/t Susan of Texas. Photo credit to superficialgallery.com)

Maybe There IS a Reason Ross Douthat Exists

I have generally decided that the NYT's attempt at becoming the WSJ on its editorial page is not worth the trouble of discussing. An editorial staph that replaces the despicable but somewhat...

Waiting Patiently for McMegan to Declare She Got What She Deserves

Another dual-bankruptcy female with real estate problems. Wonder what the difference will be?

McMegan, Discrimination, and Inappropriate Loans

Susan of Texas has an immortal post on the housing crisis, McMegan's ratiocination, and the persistence of ignorant memes. The money quote:McArdle doesn't refute facts, she hen-pecks at the methods...

My Job Application Letter

Dear Philadelphia Inquirer,I also am a native of the City of Brotherly Love. The last two firms at which I have worked have lost billions of dollars.While I admit that—unlike your latest...