just thinking out loud
UPDATE: Please see my new article, “No ‘Coup’ in Honduras,” for a more complete look at the issues raised in this article. My initial thoughts regarding the actions by Honduran leaders were greatly revised upon learning that there is no mechanism for impeachment in the Honduran constitution. Everything else has been moved past the jump.
Moral ambiguity hates clarity. I have been trying to figure it out, and I think that is the answer.
According to SCOTUS Blog, the Supreme Court today lifted the stay postponing the sale of ‘zombie’ Chrysler (h/t AoSHQ). I am sure there will be all sorts of rumbings and grumblings about this, especially among conservatives opposed to the sale. Before the rumblings get too loud, I would like to make a couple points.
Genuine bipartisanship assumes an honest process of give-and-take, and that the quality of the compromise is measured by how well it serves some agreed-upon goal, whether better schools or lower deficits. This in turn assumes that the majority will be constrained — by an exacting press corps and ultimately an informed electorate — to negotiate [...]
Surely you jest . . . the man nominated by indicted and now ex-governor Rod Blagojevich to fill Obama’s vacant senate seat may not exactly be a role model for candor and honesty? Who woulda thunk it? Apparently Roland Burris, the new (D-Ill.) senator, “forgot” to mention in his testimony to the Illinois legislature that [...]
It is no surprise to catch a politician lying, but the sheer brazenness of Obama’s disregard for inconvenient facts in his recent appearances is a bit of an eye opener. What worries me far more, however, is his willingness to talk the economy further and further down (such as by warning of a ‘catastrophe‘ if [...]
