Unlike some in Congress, I took the time to read the House version of the proposed bailout of Wall Street. It failed and I believe that was the right thing. In Section 118 of the House bill under “funding” the bill said "the Secretary [of Treasury] may use any authority…
For those of you who haven't experienced Rolling Stone assassin Matt Taibbi's uncompromising, pointy and funny-as-heck style, first cop this excerpt from his Palin pwnage piece on 27 September ... It even crossed my mind that there was an element of weirdly self-destructive pique in McCain's decision to cave in to his party's right-wing…
It is often hard to be a person on the planet Earth. It can be scary, overwhelming, fraught with obstacles, and most of all, inescapably lonely. We are, after all, alone in our minds, our bodies, and our selves. I think most all of the stuff we do as people…
How many posts at this site have been about the election? I haven't counted them, but there are so many that it almost seems like an obsessive pursuit. It's almost a little embarrassing, especially for a website that does not present itself as a current events or news commentary site.…
The real problem with the economy of the United States is massive debt. Sooner or later, we're going to have to change our ways, and it's not going to be pretty. How much work? Consider this description of the amount of debt, by Kevin Phillips: We're not just looking at…