Donating to my Alma Mater

I love Columbia Law School, I really do, but this post, detailing article in the NY Times this weekend, was infuriating. I know very little about Edward Morrison, but do know that Columbia Law School loves asking for money while at the same time giving million dollar loans to professors. Does Mr. Morrison really need to live in Morningside Heights? How about NJ, or does the busy schedule of a law professor require his being within a few blocks of the law school?

Geithner and the Failure of Obama’s Economic Policy

John Judis has some smart things to say about why Tim Geithner has been such a disaster. It appears to me that as long as Geithner sticks around, Obama's economic team will continue to flail around for a solution. This guy is way too connected to Wall St. to see solutions that Wall St. may not like. I sure hope that we won't be remembering Geithner as Obama's Rummy – the guy to whom the President has such unfailing loyalty that he will allow him to destroy his administration.