this is an adventure

“As an Obama supporter and contributor, I am outraged at the slowness with which the standing army of Democratic consultants and commentators publicly expressed discontent with the administration’s strategic missteps this year.” And now it’s unlikely to make an impact as more than sour grapes with a flailing White House.

Capitalism at the crossroads: “One path would channel popular rage into political support for some genuinely pro-market reforms, even if they do not serve the interests of large financial firms,” the other would shore up the largest financial players by “making them dependent on government and making the larger economy dependent on them.”

The abrupt resignation of White House aide Van Jones, deep in the news hiatus of Labor Day weekend, will probably be forgotten in a few days. But it’s a story that still deserves elaboration for what it says about the political coalition that helped to elect President Obama and whose demands are leading him into […]

“Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer law clerks than usual, generating speculation that the leader of the court’s liberals will retire next year.” Replacing Stevens and Souter isn’t the kind of court shift Obama had hoped for in the first term — conservatives should be grateful for Alito, Roberts.