January 9, 2010

Budget Director Gone Wild

Well no wonder the U.S. budget is out of control. Peter Orszag, the Obama White House Budget Director -- a very senior job on anyone's economic team -- does not appear to have been focused like a laser on his job this year. Mr. Orszag, 41, widely hai...

December 8, 2009

Tiger, Barack, and the Law of Transitivity

As a rule, the revelation that a married athlete (or actor, or rock star, or politician) has conducted extramarital affairs with bevy of  "party girls" may titillate, but rarely has the power to shock. In those realms, these things hap...