I have been a science fiction fan since the heyday of Robert Heinlein and Arthur C. Clark and I regard Orson Scott Card, the author of the classic Ender's Game, as one of the best of their modern successors. I was surprised to learn that he is also a journalist and political pundit who isn't afraid to criticize both his profession and his political party.Sci fi authors say things that need to be said but they usually disguise them in futuristic plot lines. It's refreshing to occasionally see them say what they think about the present.
Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds.
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It would be better, though, if he demonstrated some capacity as a journalist by getting his facts right. How many loans did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac make again, in total?
That would be zero. As anybody who has made even slight investigation of this crisis is aware, those institutions don't make loans.
While Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac played a role in this crisis, what credible voices are saying that they caused it, or even that it would not have occurred without their role?
None that I have heard. And I've been reading Forbes and the Wall Street Journal.
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