Eric Florack on May 7th, 2009

Arthur Brooks, at  The Wall Street Journal suggests that there’s a bit of a culture war going on about the future of capitalism.  The headline suggests that “The Real Culture War Is Over Capitalism “

There is a major cultural

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Eric Florack on March 8th, 2009

Me, at OTB just now:

The “cutting taxes” argument strikes me as an unusually broad field of battle. I have found it useful to restrict the argument to the following:

taxesThe Amount of government -directed spending we have seen recently

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Eric Florack on February 25th, 2009

OK, I know that by now a lot of you either saw or read though this speech of Obama’s, and so it’s old news. But I’ve seen nobody rip through this thing point by point. I can understand why… with

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Eric Florack on February 9th, 2009

Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read on the sphere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

ramble-bluegrace An interesting weekend, and lots on the horizon to discuss. Let’s get it.

  • PROKULUS: Obama is scheduled to beg and plead for his Porkulus

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Welcome, dear reader, to the most intense nightly read in the ‘sphere… The Nightly Ramble….

Tuesday. 28 days until the election.4 days until my vacation, and about 5 hours to the second debate. And if you don’t understand the joke

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The WSJ, this morning:

Top U.S. policy makers emerged from hours of tense negotiations with a clear message just after midnight Sunday morning: A deal to bailout U.S. financial markets has been agreed on and all that remains to be

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