MIT Prof. Simon Johnson assesses the current economic crisis in the context of his experience at the IMF for The Atlantic. It is well worth your time on a cold weekend. His diagnosis: Looking just at the financial crisis (and leaving aside … [Read more...]
Archives for April 4, 2009
Obama Replaces Blackwater with Chicago Mercenary Company
Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (who deserves a medal for his coverage of the burgeoning U.S.-funded mercenary industry), reports: On the campaign trail, Barack Obama's advisers … [Read more...]
The Final Four
I was a freshman at Michigan State the year of the NCAA basketball final that every sports pundit seems to be talking about this year. Magic and crew defeated the evil Larry of Indiana State and I thought that I could get used to winning … [Read more...]
Obama Say it isn’t so!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now does a double standard exist? It may appear so. U.S. aims to help firms sidestep bailout rules! Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30... If this is the case and I am hoping it is a misunderstanding by the reporter and the Washington Post … [Read more...]
This is my invitation to help build a movement to stop the climate crisis
Dear World, This is an invitation to help build a movement--to take one day and use it to stop the climate crisis. On October 24, we will stand together as one planet and call for a fair global climate treaty. United by a common call to … [Read more...]
Seasons
Romance: I'm writing this on the Internet. Comedy: Jimmy Kimmel, on President Obama giving Queen Elizabeth II an iPod: "Now she can listen to Lil Wayne on the treadmill without anybody bothering her." Tragedy: Gunman kills 13, then self in … [Read more...]