The government is on its way.

A friend of mine passed along this fairly comprehensive explanation of the current problems on Wall Street, which is easy to understand even for those who, like myself, are novices in the workings of the financial markets. The author, Jerry Pournelle, writes: As often (but not always) happens when...

I thought both candidates looked really good last night. Barack Obama was cool and in self-control as you’d expect from him. After this past week, I didn’t know what kind of behavior to expect from John McCain, but he performed well, attacking Obama on foreign policy details and experience...

What will $700 billion buy? The South Florida Sun-Sentinel provides some interesting answers. Some examples: Gasoline for a year for every adult in America. (175 billion gallons of gas) You could literally buy the world a Coke. One 2-liter bottle per week for a year. You could buy a 60-inch HDTV for...

Taking a break from bailout news,* here are some bits from the education arena: An evangelical megachurch in suburban Atlanta has won accreditation, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. 25 students who took classes at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, GA will receive degrees...

Indiana Representative Mike Pence, who I hope is a candidate for President in 2012, had this to say about cries to ACT NOW to resolve the economic debacle: “I must tell you, there are those in the public debate who have said that we must act now. The last time I heard that, I was on a used-car...

George Will is the highest profile conservative to express doubts about John McCain’s suitability for the White House. In yesterday’s column he writes: Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate is behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high....

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the worst political ad. EVER.

Joe Carter of the evangelical outpost has officially departed the world of solo blogging, and will now only be contributing to a web-based publication called Culture11. He now regards “solo blogging” as a thing of the past. Some folks like Adrian Warnock don’t like Joe’s departure...

I’ve seen this post at the American Scene described at quite a few places as one of the better explanations of what exactly is going on in the financial markets. Update: “Armageddon was minutes away” says the BBC.