Grandma Grifter/Snowbilly Snooki/Caribou Barbie/Bible Spice (take yer pick) Sarah Palin is not running for President and now we will never have to hear about her or from her ever again for the rest of our lives. Ha ha. Fat chance. Like herpes  the Snowtrash Family Palin will never disappear and they and the ever-expanding brood [...]

Linus: There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin. Soon-to-be-former candidate for President and recreational pharmaceutical consumer Michele Bachmann was in her home state of Iowa Tuesday night to make an appearance at a Satanic Halloween pumpkin patch and maybe scare up some quick cash [...]

It’s always helpful to remember the kind of people we’re dealing with on Wall St.: “We are Wall Street. It’s our job to make money. Whether it’s a commodity, stock, bond, or some hypothetical piece of fake paper, it doesn’t matter. We would trade baseball cards if it were profitable. I didn’t hear America complaining [...]

I’m back. And none too soon, as it would appear that Rick Perry is about to go down in flames because he failed to focus-group possible names (“Rootin’ Tootin’ Shootin’land”, “Hold Mah Beer World”, or “Annie Get Yer Gun & HPV Shot Right’cher”)   for his 3-Mexican daily-limit hunting camp. And by go down in [...]

Because, even when I am on vacation, I care. Truly and deeply.

Blogging will be virtually non-existent starting Wednesday as the L&T Casey and I are heading out on a road trip to San Francisco, coming back Sunday night. The primary reason for the trip is to watch a couple of soccer matches played by her former college team, but we’ll also be taking the opportunity to [...]

Frank Bruni really hates those insidery political books filled with trivialities and meaningless anecdotes instead of good old-fashioned  hard reporting on how policy sausage is made: There’s certainly some nutrition in these meals, but a whole lot of empty calories as well: anecdotes as intent on titillation as illumination; scoops of questionable provenance and dubious [...]