Liberal Talk Radio

We’ll be posting this week’s podcast by Tuesday morning, so that you can all be spared the pleasure of my sickness-induced nasal vocal stylings. I hope to be on the mend by tomorrow.

Bruno, weren’t you wondering at some point what the Commerce Secretary does? Now we know:
President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to quickly nominate a commerce secretary after his first choice, Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, withdrew this week. Frankly, the far more pressing task at the Commerce Department is to name a new director [...]

Cash strapped GM is heading to the pawn shop.
General Motors’ cash problems could give car buffs the rare opportunity to buy some of GM’s most unique vehicles at auction next week, giving gearheads an extraordinary chance to own some of Detroit’s history.
The auction is part of an effort to raise cash for the struggling automaker [...]

Wise sage John Bolton (formerly, Bush ambassador to the UN) pleads for a return to strict constitutionalism in American treaty-making:
THE Constitution’s Treaty Clause has long been seen, rightly, as a bulwark against presidential inclinations to lock the United States into unwise foreign commitments. The clause will likely be tested by Barack Obama’s administration, as the [...]

Appointments gone amok, what Bernie Madoff represents, and finally, our thoughts on the latest conflict in Gaza.
Links Mentioned: Richardson drops out … Coryn threatens not to seat Franken … Thomas Schweich on the Office of Personnel.