TRUE BORN SONS OF LIBERTY

2009's top congressional millionaires consist of ten senators and twelve representatives, in order from top to bottom as follows: 1. Sen...

"Historically, four quarters following a bottom in GDP, growth is running over a 6% annual rate. Rejoicing over 1.6% because it wasn’t ...

A glass of wine a day is better for longevity than none (and better than the whole bottle), according to a new study following out-patients ...

Gallup reports that registered voters prefer Republicans to Democrats by 11 points, besting the 1994 5-point record, which preceded the asce...

. . . 50 million Americans getting Medicaid, stopped getting it (cost $273 billion); . . . 40 million Americans getting Food Stamps, stopped...

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard had a memorable line in a posting July 27th which is apropos after Friday's stock market rally despite so much ...

The advance estimate of GDP for Q2 2010 was revised down today to 1.6% from 2.4%, on surging imports and slower growth in corporate profits....

Bob Ivry for Bloomberg News is reporting that the Federal Reserve's appeal in May of a March ruling requiring the Fed to disclose inform...

Here's what Mish has to say about it after excerpting reports from Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and Zero Hedge: This is what matte...

David Stockman's latest screed against PIMCO reveals what a creature of his age he has become: "Housing is a commodity like furnit...

BusinessWeek.com is reporting here  that lotto ticket sales increased 1.5% in the fiscal year just ended, making the North American lottery ...

John Hussman has an important article here  on price to earnings ratios, in particular "forward earnings ratios," which came into ...

Given to her by none other than Rush Limbaugh: We have a name for Michelle: "Moochelle." Mooch, mooch, Moochelle Obama. That will ...

Barry Ritholtz provides a very succinct summary of what were the alternatives to the bailouts of 2008, and takes to task those who want to d...

As Grand Rapids' Ford Airport gets its new backscatter body scanners this week, I learned that the low penetration, privacy and dose cla...

More "year of the black:" black president, Chicago Blackhawks, black beaches, and now blackouts. Thom Patterson reports for CNN.co...

Bloomberg.com had an important article in June about the Government Sponsored Enterprises in which it is estimated that they may reasonably ...

Bloomberg.com has an interesting look inside a bank failure, describing the crimes which occur but never get prosecuted, unless you happen t...

The Chicago Sun Times is reporting: On Feb. 14, 2006, newly obtained records show, the bank [Democrat Senate hopeful Alexi Giannoulias' ...

Kimberley A. Strassel updated the Alexi Giannoulias affair in mid-July for The Wall Street Journal, highlighting the source of the Senate ho...