too soon?
Because the Senate is full of sick old people, there is actually an established policy about how long you get to clear out all of a senator’s stuff, after he dies. You get 60 days! This is fine for your ordinary senator who burned everything incriminating, but what about Robert Byrd, a man who was [...]
Thanks to actual Maoist Scott Brown, the Senate passed its version of the financial reform bill, huzzah! The bill creates a “financial stability oversight council” (presumably the equivalent of a “death panel,” but for money), regulates derivatives trading, and allow the SEC to regulate hedge funds. But what are all the ways in which this [...]
By the Comics CurmudgeonIf there is one thing guaranteed to enrage America’s arbiter of good taste, it is making any kind of snide remark about Ted Kennedy when he is ill or, in the current case, dead. Naturally, this rule has been flouted relentlessly for the past two days by the crassest, most awful people [...]
