So this is how the Big Lie works. You begin with a hypothesis that has a certain surface plausibility. You find an ally whose background suggests that he's an ''expert''; out of thin air, he devises ''data.'' You write articles in sympathetic publications, repeating the data endlessly; in time, some of these publications make your cause their own....
San Diego THE long-awaited Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission report, finally published on Thursday, was supposed to be the economic equivalent of the 9/11 commission report. But instead of a lucid narrative explaining what happened when the economy imploded in 2008, why, and who was to blame, the report is a confusing and contradictory mess, part...
There was something almost comical about the way the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission released its report on Thursday morning. About a week ago, reporters were told they would get a sneak preview of the report the morning of its release. The location was undisclosed. Over the next few days, further details emerged. Washington-based reporters...