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Have We Thrown Our Clean Renewable Energy Babies Out With The Global Warming Bath Water?

I have to say, I’m looking at our empty environmental tub and I’m worried. Was our “green” bandwagon only driven by concerns … More

Cap-and-Trade, Carbon Fees with Rebates, Clean Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Climategate, Energy Independence, Global Warming

Facing Down the Wall Street Oligarchs (part 2)

And so the story of The Wall Street Oligarchs (part 1) and the Main Street Taxpayers, resumes with Simon Johnson, former … More

Economy, Governance, Howie Rich, Law, Oligarchies, Paul Krugman, Simon Johnson, The Quiet Coup, Wall Street Bailout

The Wall Street Oligarchs (part 1)

There’s been a lot of finger wagging at the unruly class recently. It seems we, the Main Street Taxpayers, have … More

Christopher Hayes, Desmond Lachman, Emerging Markets, Oligarchy, Simon Johnson, The Quiet Coup

Will “Cap-and-Trade” be the Next Bubble?

Okay. I’ll confess. I’ve always considered myself something of an environmentalist. I don’t remember ever hugging a tree, but I … More

Cap-and-Trade, Environmentalism, Global Warming, Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi, Money

Have We Forgotten How To Be True Patriots?

I took THE TRUE PATRIOT by Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer on a four-hour cross-country flight and as it turned out, played right … More

Americanism, Books, History, Patriotism, Progressives, The True Patriot

Suggestions for the President

Personally, I’m just a little frustrated that we, the American people, are not being enlisted as builders of our own … More

Governance, Mark McKinnon, President Clinton, President Obama, The Daily Beast

Enjoying Will Rogers

I have always been a huge Will Rogers fan.  So when I spotted THE WIT AND WISDOM OF WILL ROGERS at a … More

Books, Cowboy, Governance, Great Depression, Humor, Political Commentary, Quotes, Will Rogers

Move Over Rover, It’s Hamster Time

We humans tend to have a giant soft spot in our hearts for animals.  And since advertising is all about finding … More

Animal Companions, Clever Hamsters, Drench Ad, Humor

Ground Rules for Pets and Humans

As all who share their home with pets know, they rule. In an effort to reclaim your domain and walk … More

Animals, Community, Humor, nature, Pets, Rules for Cohabitation, Usefulness

A Skeptical Simon Johnson on The Sun King, The Inside Man, and “Too Big to Regulate”

Almost everyone agrees that our financial system is broken. That our government is complicit in this broken system. That the … More

Capitalism, Economy, Governance, James Kwak, Marcy Kaptur, Simon Johnson

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