Chuck Grassley’s rose-tinted glasses

Yesterday’s mini-showdown between Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Chuck Grassely (R-Iowa) over Social Security on Meet the Press went pretty well, but there was one comment that stood out for me. Grassley was arguing that it’s irresponsible to put off problems for the future. In fact, he quoted Rangel as having said, “When the roof is […]

Housekeeping notes

Just FYI, The Carpetbagger Report changed servers over the weekend. It was a pretty significant undertaking, which I left almost entirely to Mrs. Carpetbagger and our cousin, let’s call him Ramius, whose collective knowledge on such matters vastly exceeds my own. Many thanks to both for the invaluable assistance. I mention this to you, dear […]