We had a long discussion on this at Skadi recently, only to see it derailed by a South African America hater who started deleting my posts. Anyhow... I'm interested in arguments for and against.
Many “tea party” activists staunchly oppose big government, except when it is warring, wiretapping, or waterboarding. A movement that started out denouncing government power apparently has no beef with some of the worst abuses of modern times.
Unfortunately, there is scant evidence that most tea...
Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the news, but then change them up a bit. Instead of envisioning white people as the main actors in the scenes we’ll conjure - the ones who are...
By Tom Braithwaite
Published: April 25 2010 17:24 | Last updated: April 25 2010 17:24
The US is preparing to pivot from domestic regulatory reform to a push for a tough new international capital regime after the weekend’s G20 and International Monetary Fund meetings glossed over differences between leading economies.
