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Signs and Wonders in Week One of the Obama Era
The left are not acting like people basking in the glory of a long-sought victory. In their moment of victory, the American left is no less than desperate.
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A few snowy Weds. morning links
Maggie's Farm — John Updike died. I read all of his Rabbit books, and a few others. But I like his essays best. Germany's choice: Power, or sitting cold in the dark What Euroland is up against in recession Mankiw on Barro on stimulus JR Dunn on Obama's first week and the economy: Human beings are not economic robots mindlessly following ironclad laws. They are, in Isaiah Berlin's acute formulation, "Kettles that watch themselves come to a boil". Most of the ...

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