Archive | June 17, 2010

Congratulations, Ron Paul – Audit the Fed Triumph

The House-Senate conferees on the financial reform bill have significantly tightened the bill’s mandate to audit the Federal Reserve. This is a huge triumph for Ron Paul – and another vindication of his 2008 presidential campaign. The bill’s provisions do not go nearly far enough – but they are a seachange in official Washington. It […]

Continue Reading

How the Senate Makes Afghan Policy

< Our Afghan policy would be more honest if senators always sat in a circle. update: [[I used a truncated photo to fit into the blog space, and I think that may have blunted the point. Oh bother.]]

Continue Reading