Don’t you dare speak of that naughty R-word “recession.”

Oil companies are good!

US retailers are limiting how much rice people can buy. Hellfire and brimstone are next!

Last year no deaths were reported on American airline flights. Hey, cool!

The AP reports food costs are going through the roof. Is ethanol and subsidies the culprit? Read the article to find out… or I’ll just tell you the answer now: Yes.

Oh, no — here comes the corporate fascism the liberals warned us about!

Well, maybe I shouldn’t be so critical: I don’t read Krugman’s column; I’m only exposed to his views when they’re passed down through the lenses of conservative commentators, or Bill O’Reilly. (Who, by the way, is not a conservative commentator.)
But I’m impressed with Krugman’s latest, from the New York Times:
These days you hear a lot […]

Absolut runs an ad in Mexico depicting an expanded Mexico engulfing the southwest US. Not surprisingly, a US boycott ensues. Also not surprisingly, Absolut ends the ad campaign.

If you own Bear Stearns stock, you’re still screwed. Sorry.