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You should. Rudy : We knew that Rudy eventually had Judi Nathan assigned her own NYC police security detail. Now it seems that while their a...

That is, I swear, the title of an editorial in today's WSJ . It's an amusing read. Apparently the WSJ believes in free markets up to...

Haven't had one of these in a while. T-Mobile is out as a sponsor : T-Mobile, the professional cycling team that began this year with ...

I had to read this Op-Ed from Monday's NYT a few times and I'm still not sure I understand what exactly Stephanie Coontz is advocat...

Amazon introduced the Kindle yesterday. Amusingly, it's gotten 2 of 5 stars on Amazon's own web site (based on 353 reviews). The ...

That Goldman can issue a "Sell" rating on Citibank. I'd think there'd be a conflict or two when these entities rate one ...

In which Jim links to Nouriel Roubini who solidifies Jim's current biases: In this regard, evidence is mounting that a debt-burdened an...

Senators McCain, Dodd, Biden, Obama, Clinton, Cornyn, and Alexander, way to show bravery and leadership by not voting either way for Mukasey...

Been a while, sorry about that, yadda - yadda , you all know the drill by now. Profoundly disappointed in Schumer and Feinstein . I don...

out for Jimmy Cayne : In the 10-day span that led to the collapse of the firms’ High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies and Enhanced Leverag...

In all seriousness, I think that Giuliani may be nuts . Here are some of his thoughts on waterboarding as torture: It depends on how it’s d...

Finished A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin and thought it was OK. Did you all know that Alan Turing was arrested in Britain...

This put it into perspective for me. San Clemente to the Mexican border is on fire.

I don't believe the president, any president be it Bush, or Clinton, or the goddamn Dalai Lama, should have unchecked or unfettered powe...

Wow, even I never thought that this would happen. It's true, he's willing to do and say ANYTHING to get the nomination: Sounds lik...

My favorite fall beer turned out to be the Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale. My least favorite? Surprisingly it was the Gritty's Hallo...

Monday the market went up. It's up again right now. Apparently and obviously I know nothing about the market. I do wonder though how ...

Buh-bye : Robert Chambers Jr., the so-called “Preppy Killer,” who strangled a young woman in Central Park in the 1980s, was arrested in Manh...

Market down big today, but fasten your seatbelts for Monday : Rumors were flying during the last hour of trading of problems at Merrill and ...

And FIRE! Dodd is threatening to filibuster the FISA bill, Armenian genocide declaration dies on the floor, opinions all over the place on M...