It was a rough week for Ted Stevens. And most of Somalia. And a bunch of turkeys (and, by extension, Sarah Palin’s PR people). However, things are looking a bit brighter for Hillary Clinton and Henry Waxman.

Ben Jervey gave us some much needed perspective on how the EPA “dropped a legal bombshell on Big Coal.” Cliff Kuang argued for a bailed-out Detroit. Anne Trubek offered her thoughts on the brilliance of Art Spiegelman. Michaelangelo Matos carved out a bright…

Ted “Series of Tubes” Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator in history and seven-time convicted felon, lost his bid for reelection in Alaska in a recount.

In his farewell speech from the Senate floor yesterday, he said “I don’t have any rearview mirror.” As an explanation for why he didn’t see the law creeping up behind him, that would have been funny. But he meant it as a public refusal to even begin discussing whether he had made any…

In retrospect, after a disaster, you’ll always be able to find someone who saw it coming. And in the case of the financial crisis of 2008, that person is Peter Schiff, who predicted the exact mechanics of our present collapse years ago. This video compilation pulls together some of his more prescient interviews.

By the way, if you have any money managed by Laffer Investments or Ben Stein you might want to rethink that.

People have been asking about the next GOOD event in Los Angeles for damn near a year now. Well, when it rains it pours (figuratively—neither ever actually happens in L.A.). We’re holding a two-week event cornucopia next month.

The GOOD December event series was a huge success in New York last year. This year we’re bringing it to our new office and community space in L.A. From December 5-19 our doors will be open from 11…

Another Simpsons word lands in a dictionary

Yikes! Yeeps! Ugh! Whoo! Ack! Guh! Mmm … Oooh … Whoa … Bleah. Hmm? Aaiiieee!

Interjections don’t get the respect of nouns and verbs, but who needs respect when you can communicate so efficiently all by your lonesome?

Regardless, a lowly interjection just got its due: meh—The Simpsons-coined, shrug-like expression of apathy—will be included in the 30th anniversary edition of the Brit-focused Collins English Dictionary. The word won a competition in which…

A collection of interesting numbers and pertinent tidbits from GOOD Business. View here.

There’s still a standoff on the Saudi oil super tanker that Somali pirates seized last Saturday. The pirates are de