Famous Last Words

Late-Period Limbaugh (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

6 Jul 2008

Bush is wildly unpopular. McCain is nobody’s idea of a movement guy. Conservatism is cracking up. What’s the king of talk radio to do?

The Man Who Didn't Say No (The Memphis Flyer)

6 Jul 2008

Kind words make you wonder what might have been. What if Rickey Peete had said "hell no" to Joe Cooper's bribe back in 2006?

Hunting for oil villains (Fortune via Yahoo! Finance)

5 Jul 2008

Atlanta hedge fund manager Michael Masters has been a star witness in two recent Congressional hearings on how speculators are supposedly driving up oil prices. Masters and I don't see eye-to-eye on this issue, so I was surprised to get a call from him after my " Don't Blame The Oil Speculators " column went up on Fortune.com last week.