Author: Andrew Stecker

Kent Conrad and other senators are hesitant to tax employer-provided health care benefits, in a move they feel will be unpopular with voters. (WSJ) Former A.I.G. CEO Maurice Greenberg is

Chief architect of the U.S.’s involvement in Vietnam Robert McNamara dies yesterday at 93. (Wash Post) Business deals abound in the wake of President Obama‘s arms negotiations with Russian Prime

Sarah Palin resigns as governor of Alaska to pursue her career as a Bumpit spokeswoman. (WSJ) Our leaders are out and about this week. Vice President Biden bumbles around Iraq

Vice President Biden manages to hold his tongue while visiting Baghdad this week … so far. (Reuters) Ranking Republican on the Finance Committee, Iowa Senator Charles Grassley investigates health plans

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger claims it’s ok that California’s state budget isn’t balanced, since 30 other states don’t have theirs ready either. No big deal. (NYT) Up to three million people

Al Franken finally takes Minnesota’s Senate seat after an eight-month legal battle, securing a democratic majority of 60 in the Senate. Here’s hoping Stuart Smalley goes to Washington with him,

Bernie Madoff gets 150 years in the slammer for orchestrating the biggest Ponzi scheme in history and his wife, Ruth, has to sell her beach houses, jewelry and furs. Tear.

Disgraced South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford stubbornly won’t give up his post. (We’re taking bets whether his wife will be standing by him when he does it.) (NYT) Ponzi schemer

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford isn’t leaving the headlines just yet. Turns out, he visited his mistress in Argentina on a taxpayer-funded mission. Here’s the real question: why does the