Against Expectations, Hosni Mubarak Does Not Step Down

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  February 10th at 04:14 PM  | 

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has decided not to step aside and will in fact stay in power until the elections in September. Early reports today indicated that he would resign the presidency, and hand over power to his Vice President, Omar Suleiman. When the estimated three million energetic Egyptians who had gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in anticipation of Mubarak’s ouster learned of his decision, | Read More »

Don Berwick Goes to Capitol Hill

By: Ben Domenech (Diary)  |  February 10th at 11:04 AM  | 

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech discuss Donald Berwick’s testimony on Capitol Hill today. Then Pejman Yousefzadeh talks about Mubarak and the White House. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you | Read More »

Tech at Night: Susan Collins, Queen of Denial

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  January 31st at 11:30 PM  | 

Wow, my Tech at Night graphic is now out of date. I was already late to the iPhone 4 party because of the iPad and because I had waited for the legendary White iPhone 4. But now that I have an iPhone 4, having the 3GS in the graphic seems wrong somehow. Time for a new one if I get a good idea. Comments welcome. | Read More »

Elliott Abrams Talks About Unrest in Egypt

By: Ben Domenech (Diary)  |  January 31st at 10:00 AM  | 

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca and Elliott Abrams, former senior national security adviser to George W. Bush and assistant secretary of state for Ronald Reagan to discus the unrest in Egypt. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d | Read More »