Punditry by JT

Raise the Bridge! I Have an Erection!

Thoughts on Bill O’Reilly and Squeaky the Chicago Mouse By Roger Ebert To: Bill O’Reilly From: Roger Ebert Dear Bill: Thanks for including the Chicago Sun-Times on your exclusive list of newspapers on your “Hall of Shame.” To be in an O’Reilly Hall of Fame would be a cruel blow to any newspaper. It would […]

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AIG by JT

The Quiet Coup :: Simon Johnson

The Quiet Coup The crash has laid bare many unpleasant truths about the United States. One of the most alarming, says a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is that the finance industry has effectively captured our government—a state of affairs that more typically describes emerging markets, and is at the center of […]

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Barack Obama by JT

North Carolina Comes Through for Obama

Jeff  Zeleny NY TIMES CUCUS BLOG April 7, 2009 <!– — Updated: 11:16 am –> North Carolina has delivered twice for President Obama – first, in the presidential election last November and again on Monday night in the N.C.A.A. championship game. Mr. Obama has seldom been far from a television during a marquee basketball game. […]

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