Occupy Boston hosts rally in support of accused terrorist

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  October 10th at 06:30 PM  | 

Occupy Boston, the Boston branch of the Occupy Party, hosted a rally yesterday supporting accused terrorist Terak Mehanna. The U.S. government says Mehanna, 28, provided “material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,” and acted as a “media wing” for al-Qaeda. It’s one thing not to know what you are protesting as some Wall Street occupiers told Reason TV and the organizer of the Sacramento | Read More »

Improving the inevitable big bailout

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  September 27th at 11:14 AM  | 

My biggest concern with the proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial system is that it might not solve the credit crunch because it provides less than sufficient means to ensure financial institutions are able to raise capital, nor does it contain enough incentives to convince financial institutions to become more willing to lend. Five University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business professors, Douglas Diamond, | Read More »