Keith Olbermann is shown the door at MSNBC. Unless there is some misconduct issue that we do not know about, I suspect this is the first step in a significant programming realignment. Maddow, Schulz and the others should be polishing up their resumes.

As a GE stockholder I am pleased to see the CEO of the company is tight with the President. As a citizen, not so much.

The former head of the OMB says the U.S. must brace for financial turbulence. In the words of Han Solo, "I've got a bad feeling about this".

Lawrence Solomon writes this excellent piece about the coming chaos in China. He believes the growing disparity between the wealth of the 300 million, gained largely through corrupt means, and the 1 billion in poverty will inevitable lead to social breakdown and violent upheaval, which would fit within the historic pattern in China (which is why I am inclined to believe him).

Dan Baum writes this excellent piece about why the drive by Liberals/Progressives for more gun control is killing them politically by increasing the alienation of working-class white males, many of who are what he calls "gun guys". I think he is correct in his assessment that the Liberal embrace of gun control is a factor in the switch in political allegiance by that demographic, but it is not the only factor.

Here is a rather lengthy article, but well worth the read, concerning the great economic mystery of the first decade of the 21st Century; what happened to the 15 million jobs that should have been created here in the United States? Numerous economists were interviewed for the article, and most answer honestly that they just don't know. I have a theory (I always have a theory), but it isn't fully fleshed out yet. Some day I'll write about it in this space or elsewhere.

Andrew McCarthy lays out the reasoning behind the President's decision to re-start the military tribunal process for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

An interview with Walter Williams well worth your time.