From the University of Virginia\u2019s Miller Center. \u00a0At the CCU News 21 event on Friday, Jay Ambrose praised Ted White\u2019s \u201cMaking of the President\u201d series of books, in large part because of his historical perspective. \u00a0So, get some historical perspective.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Synthetic Assets: Finally, we have the fact that New York Fed jumped on the CDS market after the Bear Stearns bailout \u2013 and didn\u2019t allow Lehman to fail until after \u201ccentralized settlement among major dealers\u201d for credit derivatives was implemented.\u00a0 Previous industry commitments with respect to credit derivatives were focused on back office infrastructure issues […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

I think \u201cFlight of the Valkyrie\u201d might have been more appropriate for the formation flying. Let\u2019s hope they also incorporate the Three Laws.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

We went to go see \u201cAct of Valor\u201d last night. \u00a0Yes, the technology was out of this world (the miniature recon drone was jaw-dropping), but without the teamwork, it wouldn\u2019t mean anything. The sheer complexity of the operations they enable together boggles the mind.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

3D Printing and Nanotech make an appearance. So the innovators are the ones who will figure out how to put these tools together the best.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

And those are just the costs that admit to not knowing anything about: At a congressional hearing Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who is in charge of carrying out the health care law, indicated she was unaware of the changes. \u00a0At issue are subsidies that will be provided under the health care […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Tracking Rassumussen\u2019s Partfy affiliation: From the comments: \u201cAnyone remember the Intrade odds for the D\u2019s keeping the House only 6 months out?\u00a0It was 56%.\u00a0We all remember how that played out 6 months later, right?\u201d I can\u2019t verify this, but it does seem as though Intrade is better the closer you get to the event, so […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Next, we\u2019ll find out he was humming \u201cHatikvah,\u201d too.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

The Lytro gets a field test. Eventually, this is going to be combined with better low-light optics, and more of the capabilities of an SLR. \u00a0And 100 years from now, having one of these will be like having a Kodak Brownie on your collector\u2019s shelf.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

From the Archbishop of Chicago: If you haven\u2019t already purchased the Archdiocesan Directory for 2012, I would suggest you get one as a souvenir. On page L-3, there is a complete list of Catholic hospitals and health care institutions in Cook and Lake counties. Each entry represents much sacrifice on the part of medical personnel, […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

A gloss on the Israeli film that lost out to A Separation. The film is a talmudic tragicomedy, a morality play about \u201cthe masters of those who know.\u201d\u00a0 Those who have been sequestered in these cloisters will see the film with a special dose of libidinal gusto, but the fun of the movie allows a […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Sure, we\u2019ll buy their oil and fill their gasoline gap. More evidence for Robert Kagan\u2019s basic thesis: multipolar world orders are unstable, and stable world orders reflect the nature of the dominant hegemon, whether you \u2013 or they \u2013 like it or not.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Actually looking at every day prices tells a different story. \u00a0\u201dAccording to this index, the prices for everyday items like food, beverages, fuel, power, and prescription drugs have risen 8.1 percent in 2011.\u201d \u00a0I\u2019m not an inflation paranoic, but I am an inflation hawk, and an economy that\u2019s growing at barely 3%, with prices rising […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

\u201cA new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods for the treatment of cancers, heart disorders and Alzheimer\u2019s disease, as well as aid in the regeneration of human tissue, bone and cartilage.\u201d Yet all of this almost […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Investors may think so: Bottomed, maybe. \u00a0But it doesn\u2019t look as though they think they\u2019re headed up any time soon, either. \u00a0There\u2019s still a lot of backlog to work off, and still a lot of foreclosures to work through.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

First, who\u2019s to blame: Contrary to what it would now have you believe, choking off production under federal leases was quite clearly a priority of this administration from the start. When gas prices reached $4 per gallon in the summer of 2008, the Bush administration reached a bipartisan agreement to open virtually all of the […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Now, before the EU fiscal agreement is even agreed-upon, Spain needs more time: In effect, this means that in order to meet the agreed deficit target (4.4% of GDP) by the end of the year, Spain needs to find total savings of \u20ac44 billion. The new centre-right government slashed some \u20ac15 billion of spending last […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n