Life – Week of 9.04.11

Did Congress just pay NY $51 billion to pass a gun control law?

New York Passes Nation’s Toughest Gun-Control Law

House Approves Post-Sandy Relief Bill

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By Jonathan Weil

Never let it be said that the Justice Department can’t move quickly when it gets a hot tip about an alleged crime at a Wall Street bank. It does help, though, if the party doing …

By Yves Smith

Yves here. It really is remarkable to see the degree to which the Administration tries to, and succeeds in, convincing the public that our efforts to remake the Middle East are anything…