As you watch the world crumble, try taking your Armageddon with this sprinkling of irony: Over the last three decades, business has got virtually everything it wanted, and its doomsday scenario from the 1970s has come true because of it.

Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion.

The Obama administration's plan is to have the Federal Reserve regulate banks that might pose a 'systemic risk' if they were to fail.

Media bias has been a favorite theme of the Right for decades, of course.

People getting their fundamental interests wrong is what American political life is all about.

We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's?

I was in a bad mood when I wrote that.