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Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Who are these ‘Elites’ McCain Keeps Talking About?

Brian Williams interviewed Sarah Palin and John McCain the other night on the NBC nightly news. He asked about her definition of “terrorism” with respect to Bill Ayers and my favorite question: What is an “elite” and who is a member of the “elites”?
Palin’s answer:
People who think they’re better than anyone else.
Williams followed up with […]

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

What Happened to Cause the Financial Crisis?

To paraphrase an NPR announcer I overheard this morning: A sure sign that a crisis is occurring is when you are trying to figure out things you never thought you’d care about.
In the interest of “knowledge is power” and “knowing is half the battle,” I thought I’d post a selection of some of the best […]