Can We Take Away Alan Greenspan’s Pension?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 30th, 2011 5:34 am by HL
Can We Take Away Alan Greenspan’s Pension?
Joe Nocera gets most of the story right in his discussion of the Financial Crisis Inquiry’s Commission’s (FCIC) report today. There was gross negligence, greed, and outright fraud, but none of this would have lead to catastrophic consequences if we…
Thank AIPAC For Placing USA On Wrong Side In Egypt
If one needs additional proof that the “pro-Israel” lobby and the policies it dictates to US policymakers are bad for both the U.S. and Israel, look no further than what is happening in Egypt. The regime that the Israeli government…
The Seductive Power of Right-Wing Persecution Politics
First, I’d like to thank Josh Marshall for inviting me to participate in TPM’s Book Club and Versha Sharma for setting everything up. I’ve been a devoted reader of Talking Points Memo ever since the 2004 elections. Then in 2008,…