The big story these days, from liberals and conservatives alike is that Goldman Sachs has essentially become intertwined with the federal government, by way of former executives being offered lofty positions, such as positions within the Treasury Department, like former Secretary Robert Rubin, and many others.  Michelle Malkin has a post up listing the biggest former Goldman employees in the Obama administration.

The idea for some time, mostly parroted by liberals, is that the federal government is corporatist (though I don’t think that means what they think it means), where corporations have control of the government.  A slightly less sinister version of this conspiracy theory is that the government is like a revolving door, allowing executives from big business to work a few years for the federal government, in order to ensure their former company is favored, and then after the term is up, go back with open arms.| MORE ›

It took them a while, but a magazine (TIME, in this case) finally published a detailed account of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney’s final days in office. It’s a good read, especially because the relationship between the two men deteriorated tremendously in those last hours of the Bush 43 administration.

The reason? Scooter Libby.| MORE ›

The Associated Press:

Dick Cheney refuses to be a has-been.

The former vice president’s voice appears to carry even more weight than it did in the waning days of the Bush administration.

Some people want him to be quiet and disappear.| MORE ›