Happy New Year!

Get back to work, ya lazy scum! ;)

Saw a great movie about blogging over the break: Julie and Julia. Fantastic film. You can view the blog that started all this here.

I also highly recommend going to Kellog, Idaho and staying at the Silver Mountain Resort. Aside from good skiing (when there is snow) the resort added a most awesome water park. I haven't had that much fun in a long time. Thanks to my Dad for arranging a free stay at the resort!

Onto business...

2 weeks ago, Paul Volker testified to Congress about what should be done with financial reform. You can read what he said here and here, but the best quote is this: "The only useful financial innovation in the last 20 years is the ATM."

David Frum explains why the GOP lost the Healthcare battle.

The New Republic talks about Republican nihilism.

Brad DeLong finally likes something that the AP has posted about Republicans and the deficit.

The Huffington Post explains, in great detail how Wall Street owns congress.

David Frum is pushing an idea of his that I linked to a long time ago as to why American health care costs so much: We are lazy fatties, and we like it!