Monthly Archives: September 2008
Sarah Palin is NOT showing up
NPR’s Morning Edition today had a report on Governor Sarah Palin. Apparently she is taking a page from President Bush and carefully controlling media access. In other words: limited interviews, and no press access. What little press she has had … Continue reading
Will the Bail-Out Help?
Today some of the questions many people wonder are precisely what has gone wrong, what is going wrong, and what will a bailout fix. What has gone wrong is that the credit default swapping market was not sufficiently capitalized to … Continue reading
McCain Tactics Wrong
Americans measure both leaders and potential leaders against how they would handle problems of the day. The problem of the day is the crisis on Wall St., and Senator John McCain is violating the first rule of campaigning: he’s not. … Continue reading
A (Brief) Letter from Singapore
This week I find myself in one of the chief Asian powerhouses: Singapore. I visited this tiny but hugely influential country fifteen years ago, just after having read another Letter From Singapore in the New Yorker magazine. Back then, the … Continue reading
Please do not applaud
The market had an “Up” day on Friday, now that Congress and the administration have decided that the crisis is so great that it requires what the Wall Street Journal described on Thursday as the biggest bailout since the 1930s. … Continue reading
