Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Headlines: October 15, 2008

CIA Tactics Endorsed In Secret Memos: Waterboarding Got White House Nod

What is Debt Monetization?

Who Do We Owe and How Much?

Spurious Jefferson quotations

Oil price slides below $72 to 13-month low

"Steve and Rachel Larman say a strange credit card charge appeared on their statement this month -- a $2300 donation to Barack Obama's presidential campaign."

Obama: "My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

Ludwig von Mises: "It is an illusion to expect that despotism will always side with the good causes."

Henry Hazlitt on the Bailout

Economics 101: Crisis of Confidence

Bailout v. Workout -- The continuing crisis

Commentary on the Financial Crisis (Updated Regularly)

Uncle Sam, Inc.: Postcards from the moral-hazard highway.

Number of Embedded Reporters in Iraq Falls to All-Time Low Since Start of Surge

California polls shock gay marriage supporters

California may seek $7bn emergency loan

Retail sales plunge 1.2 percent in September

Tyler case opened schools to illegal migrants

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