John Robb's Weblog

Thwarted Car Bomb

Here's a correction to a statement by David Ignatius:   It was a makeshift plot by a new generation of terrorists that was thwarted by a combination of high-tech surveillance and vigilant citizens.

Warren Buffett as the Bankster

For decades, Warren Buffett has carefully crafted the image of a homespun everyman, that happens to be a billionaire++. 

Wow, that PR effort is shriveling up under the harsh glare of financial pressure. His big lobbying effort to get special treatment for his derivative positions (at the expense of financial reform) and his staunch dismissal of the malfeasance of Goldman Sachs is finally giving us a sense of his true nature.