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At what point do we look at the post- New Deal deregulation of the financial sector and say, “Maybe we went too far?” The fact that the livelihood of an insurance company like AIG is threatened by the credit crisis forces me to consider the wisdom of the “one stop shop” financial business. Well, atContinue reading

That was good.

Apparently, my intelligence estimate of the Russo-Georgian conflict did not live up to the expectations of a seventh-grade social studies class. Kids are so hard to please these days. At least I know how to use the apostrophe. —-> :’) When the whole Black Sea sitch first hit the presses, I have to admit, IContinue reading “…AND THEY’RE MOUTHY!!!”

Someone (or something) posted a question earlier today asking, “What is a white elephant?” From Wikipedia: A white elephant is a valuable possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep) exceeds its usefulness. Examples include the Spruce Goose and the house in which I spent my childhood.