This is going to be a rarity, a different kind of post for me. I am just a person asked to help maintain this...
An attempt to destroy a political system necessarily coincides with an attempt to destroy the economy of that system. Economic sabotage is not the fictitious...
Last week’s meeting of 700+ scientists, policymakers, and concerned citizens in Chicago to discuss the science and economics of global warming at the Fourth International...
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have become gigantic financial black holes that the U.S. government endlessly...
I have tried to remain quiet on this issue in the hope that common sense would prevail. However, since it seems that what is a...
New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly climbed to a nine-month high last week, yet another setback to the frail economic recovery. Initial claims for state...
On Tuesday the market celebrated the profits of Wal-Mart (WMT) and Home Depot (HD). Their earnings made perfect sense in light of the recently reported...
When our fears have all been serialized, our creativity censured, our ideas "marketplaced," our intelligence sloganized, our strength downsized, our privacy auctioned; when the theatricality,...
The global economy is like fried ice cream: If you don’t act fast, it turns into a mess.
American...
This week the conservative echo chamber is buzzing with righteous outrage over the fact that Muslims are building a “mosque” at ground zero. This is...