What Standard & Poor’s Got Right
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 20th, 2011 4:38 am by HL
What Standard & Poor’s Got Right
Nothing in my journalistic experience of credit-ratings agencies inclines me to respect their social and political judgment. Whenever someone from a ratings agency sought to enlighten me on the social-policy implications of New York City’s dire finances in the 1970s…
The Story Obama Never Told
The “must-read” of the moment — Drew Westen’s “What Happened to Obama’s Passion?” in the New York Times’ “Sunday Review” section — has provoked a furiously defensive, “Kill this message!” response from New York/Washington pundits who’ve been nit-picking and caricaturing…