I love George Carlin. He is a hero from my youth. Revered from the first time I heard “The Seven…
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…
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…
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…
~ Happy 2010 Animal Break
Wishing Everyone a new year and a new decade filled with the INFECTIOUS JOY of a dancing dog and COMFORTING PEACE…
On FDR’s New Deal: The American People Sound Off
Back in 2008 & 2009 there were headlines, numbers, and analysis being thrown at FDR’s New Deal almost daily. Obama…
Words to Stir a Nation (And a President?)
Theodore Roosevelt’s THE MAN IN THE ARENA speech has long been a inspirational favorite of mine. But, in a strange…
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…
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…
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…