“Aside from its obvious troubles—afflicting all the largest financial institutions (see chart)—Merrill is in damn good shape… Part of Thain’s job, like that of a good physician, is to do no harm. Meaning: Keep the cash machine going…” Forbes, April … Continue reading →

If I am not mistaken, the best football team in the world is now sponsored by the US Government.

The dude who didn’t really introduce Mac…. (laughter) Alaska in the house! (Cheers) Where the baby daddy at? Where he at? (crowd noise) You knocked her up, man? That’s cool. That’s cool. (silence) You know that word ‘abstinence’—you know that … Continue reading →

David Brooks likes to throw in the occasional criticism of the Republican Party so that he does not lose his honorary title – Every Liberal’s Favourite Conservative. But every time he criticizes the Pubbies, he likes to throw in a … Continue reading →

Did, as Keats claimed, Newton destroy the beauty of the rainbow by unweaving it? Helen Fisher doesn’t think so:

I have been reading way too much politics recently but I have been making a special effort to read people that I would not normally agree with. It makes it all the more affirming when I do find something that … Continue reading →

Now to make you feel better again… Y’all got all the questions right? Right?

Life good? Things going well? Feeling great about yourself? This’ll fix that:

Jon Stewart was at his very best this week. The McCain bio was a bit more vicious than the Obama one though.

In the newspaper that Americans like to call The Times of London, my favourite Rabbi writes a rather thoughtful article about how The Argument from Design was never a very good argument anyway. So, while Darwin’s marvellous idea may have … Continue reading →