• October 7, 2008
    The bailout bill -- I'm sorry, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 -- has been law for five days…

  • October 6, 2008
    The stock market tanked, again, today. Then it recovered some. But it still closed below 10,000 and it's likely to…

  • October 5, 2008
    Yes, it's state sales-tax holiday time again. Sorry, Georgia! Your event this weekend snuck up on me, what with the…

  • October 4, 2008
    Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin released her 2006 and 2007 tax returns on Friday, but the documents immediately raised…

  • October 4, 2008
    In my post yesterday about the passage of the financial services bailout bill, I included some links showing how lawmakers…

  • October 3, 2008
    The bailout bill is now law. Dubya signed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 just hours after the measure…

  • October 3, 2008
    OK. It's a done deal. What a difference a few days, millions of phone calls and stomach-churning NYSE gyrations make.The…

  • October 3, 2008
    As we wait for the next round in the financial services bailout bout, here are a couple of tidbits to…

  • October 3, 2008
    The House is expected to vote on the revised sweetened pork-laden Senate-approved version of the financial services bailout bill later…

  • October 2, 2008
    As soon as the Senate passed the financial services bailout package last night, critics re-emphasized their complaints that taxpayers are…