Why should you trust a credit card company?

The Arguing One | May 19, 2009

This should piss off quite a few people.
From the article:
Banks are not required to publicly reveal how much money they make from penalty interest rates and fees, though government officials and industry consultants estimate they constitute a growing portion of revenue.
The question is “Why not?” These are publicly-traded companies that took down the entire economy. [...]

Whee! Supreme Court nomination!

The Arguing One | May 5, 2009

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Well, that swine flu stuff didn’t last long, did it? The media have already moved on to the latest breathless speculation, now that David Souter has announced his resignation from the Supreme Court.
My advice: Elections have consequences. Of course, Supreme Court picks don’t always turn out the way you want them – at [...]