The perishability of immortality. The 100 Best Novels, as selected in 1898: Sometime editor of the\u00a0Illustrated London News, an authority on the\u00a0Bront\u00ebs and Napoleon, Clement K. Shorter was in the middle of a flourishing career when this list appeared in the monthly journal called\u00a0The Bookman. He doesn’t explain what exactly makes a book one of […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

So says Bill McBride over at Calculated Risk: The blue bars are for residential investment (RI), and RI was a significant drag on GDP for several years. Now RI has been adding added to GDP growth. The red bars are\u00a0the contribution from state and local governments.\u00a0 Although not as big a drag as the housing […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

It’s not just cynical manipulation, or at least, it doesn’t have to be: The Kurds scattered contiguously across Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria, are a group whose interests make them a natural partner to the US in the Middle East. While they are Sunni Muslims, the Kurds identify overwhelmingly with their cultural and linguistic heritage, […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

It turns out there’s an energy boondoggle worse than Solyndra out there: Public support for the United States Enrichment Corp. far exceeds what was lost on the infamous Solyndra solar energy boondoggle, and funding provided ostensibly to build a new plant will almost certainly yield the same results for taxpayers \u2014 nothing. The company has […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Rich Shaftan, an experienced political consultant, brings a sober analysis to the table, dispelling myths and drawing lessons. \u00a0Everything I’ve seen from Rick is level-headed and devoid of the blamethrowing that’s become far too common in these post-mortems. \u00a0Among the key items: THE \u201cREPUBLICAN PARTY SCREWED CUCCINELLI\u201d MYTH The Republican Governor\u2019s Association put $8 Million […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n