It is rare for me to find words hard to come by. Now, however, I have arrived at such a point. I am speechless. Almost. The debt crisis is now moved beyond absurd. It is no longer theater to be analyzed by our seemingly never ending stream of experts – experts whose accumulated knowledge is […]

I hear that a “deal” on the debt ceiling and sundry other unimportant economic matters may be close at hand. It appears to be a triumph of political bargaining over common sense, decency, and anything remotely connected with moral fortitude. If what I hear is correct – and these things shift all the time – […]