NYT: President Obama’s top economic advisers have determined that they can shore up the nation’s banking system without having to ask Congress for more money any time soon, according to administration officials. In a significant shift, White House and Treasury Department officials now say they can stretch what is left of the $700 billion financial bailout fund further than they had expected a few months ago, simply by converting the

Surprisingly, that’s not a rhetorical question. Byron York: […] I asked William Anderson, a friend who is a political conservative, a medical doctor, and a lecturer in psychiatry at Harvard. “They are angry, but I think they are also scared, and I think it’s because they have a sense that their triumph is a precarious one,” Anderson told me. Democrats won in 2008 in some part because of the cycles

1. Aaron Curry. Best player in the draft. Lions could go with Stafford, but I think they’ll throw a curveball here. OUTLAW! 2. Jason Smith. Rams need a left tackle. This guy is a can’t miss. They briefly consider Stafford, but then realize that he’ll be useless without someone protecting his blind side. 3. Brian Orakpo. With Curry gone — and Cassel signed — the Chiefs fill a need at

Was visiting the Corner just now, looking for the link Pablo screwed up in the earlier thread’s comments (would love to find that still, by the way [update- bingo!]), and came across this, from Jay Nordlinger: In Impromptus today, I link to the amazing site Serenity Thru Haiku: Surviving the Obama Years. And I give a sample of the site’s offerings — a haiku concerning health care. May I give

If you are going to insist on digging deeper, at least make sure your instrument is sharp.

I hate to feel as though I’ve found a sidelight reporting on crime in DC, but police heard shots last night and found 24-year-old Lt. Quarles Harris, Jr, dead in his car, using a device to pinpoint his location: A State Department spokeswoman yesterday declined to comment, saying the investigation into the passport fraud is ongoing. The Washington Times reported April 5 that contractors for the State Department had improperly

For those of you who are interested in the story of Louchette’s friend, Dean, I’ve been contacted by someone who’s in a position to know something about Steve Saleh. According to my source, Saleh’s attending physician is well known in the gay community in DC as a “prescription pad with legs.” Apparently, this individual prescribed a variety of pain medications for Mr. Saleh, including some that may have serious interactions

Those of you who have been paying close attention may know that my folks moved into assisted living in Florida a few weeks ago. So, on the spur of the moment, I decided to take the family down there to get a look at their situation and help them with whatever I can. Brendan’s headed off to college in the fall, so in a way this is our last chance

Pam Spaulding is one of those libs who honestly seems to believe that the Tea Parties are all about Whitey getting his hate on because the POTUS is black. There’s nothing new about this. It’s the same meme that they were spouting prior to the election, when they were saying that the only reason one mightn’t vote for Obama was racism. Obviously, then, she quotes with approval J’inane Garofalo’s asinine

“Politics is about who’s got the best list.” Petticoats gratefully accepted. Meanwhile, in Obamatopia: Why does Hugo Chavez hate us? Is it because Bush’s ‘dead or alive’ed him or ‘with us or against us”ed him? Hardly. Chavez wants to end democracy in Venezuela for good, turn it into a Cuba-like communist dictatorship, use his oil revenues to whip up liberationist, anti-Yanqui feelings throughout South America, and end up with himself