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...Reserve under Ben Bernanke, a scholar of the Great Depression, has reacted to this crisis much more swiftly than his Japanese counterparts did in the 1990s. His nickname is "Helicopter Ben," because he believes it's the government's job to litter the landscape with money, if necessary, to prevent economic collapse. No surprise, then, that he endorsed the Treasury's plan to inject capital directly into the banks and this week backed yet another stimulus package for the economy...
...biggest and scariest monster of all is the Frankenstein of Massive Voter Fraud. Both campaigns are so worked up about it, they are doing what worried campaigns always do: howling like banshees to the media. Each hopes to create a yowl of media attention that will prevent the other side from doing its worst, although each side assumes a level of villainy from the other that is probably more a product of final-campaign-week neurosis than reality. Still, each campaign is obsessed that the other will "steal" the election. In this paranoia, they are perfect dancing partners, since their...
...reason, and the phrase ballot suppression is not a term totally unheard of in GOP hallways. That said, both sides are by and large trying to do what is right, at least most of the time. New-voter registration is a good thing. Keeping a sharp eye out to prevent ballot fraud is also a good thing...
Keynes' argument was that when private citizens and businesses panicked and hoarded money, the only way to prevent depression was for government to become the spender of last resort. It's certainly acting like that now--the U.S. federal budget deficit may top $1 trillion in the current fiscal year, and everybody in Washington seems to be looking for ways to make it bigger. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke backs more fiscal stimulus, and President Bush is on board too. Democratic congressional leaders are thrilled by the prospect. Even the Concord Coalition, founded to battle the big deficits...
...tense. Although Cappellani’s constant use of the present tense throws his reader into the midst of the action, it also restricts the scope of each scene to the immediate present and creates a monotonous effect. The brevity of each scene and the multiplicity of characters often prevent the reader from getting deeply involved with any one plotline, because just as a character begins to become sympathetic, the focus shifts to someone new. Moreover, although Cappellani’s casual language gives the voices of his characters and his narrator a very realistic, modern flavor, he seems...