Can we break the machine that is imposing right-wing radicalism on the United States? The scariest part is that the media is part of that machine.

I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction.

You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of Beck, Limbaugh, etc. and the violence I fear we’re going to see in the months and years ahead. But violent acts are what happen when you create a climate of hate. And it’s long past time for the GOP’s leaders to take a stand against the hate-mongers.

I'm not sure that the current value of the NASDAQ is justified, but I'm not sure that it isn't.

[I]n America, at least, we have a pretty good record for behaving in a fiscally responsible fashion, with one exception - namely, the fiscal irresponsibility that prevails when, and only when, hard-line conservatives are in power.

Asset bubbles have happened even without not-so-easy money. And, in a depressed economy, where alternative uses of money are not great, people are going to bid up the prices of profitable corporations and stuff like that.

People who are complaining about the Fed are people who've been predicting runaway inflation for five and six years, and it hasn't happened.