Again, from the New York TIMES, a commentary from Bob Herbert on the blindness a culture of panders for years to the wealthy–the investment bankers and venture capitalists and big businesses, those who provide the richest emoluments for our elected representatives–and then tries to mitigate the country’s losses by putting a band-aid on the problems […]
Required reading, from Paul Krugman. I’ll quote a little bit below, and you can then go to the New York Times and read the rest for yourself. The global origins of our current mess were actually laid out by none other than Ben Bernanke, in an influential speech he gave […]
We just received this notice from Lou Tisler, executive director of Neighborhood Housing Services. Thanks for the heads up, Lou. Jim is receiving lots of national attention for his leadership in addressing the foreclosure crisis in our city, county, and state. His testimony in Congress on Wednesday sheds new light into a national problem that is not […]
77% of Americans surveyed were able to name at least 2 of Snow White’s 7 Dwarfs, compared to only 24% who could name at least 2 of th 9 Supreme Court Justices. The most remember dwarf was Sleepy. Clarence Thomas was the justice named most often. (source: Zogby Int’l.)
I laughed when Tim shared this statistic […]
Word of Mouth’s Scott Bakalar posts Part 3 and Part 4 of Lorraine Ritchey’s recap of the Washington D.C. seminar on eminent domain for private development.
In part 3, I quote Lorraine who quotes
the words of Sandra Day O’Connor - prophetic words in her dissent ring clear “All private property is now vulnerable to be taken and transferred to another […]
When I was reading the NYTimes today, I came across yet another article about voting irregularities in Ohio, but it was this paragraph that really hit home to me.
But there is one clear way that Ohio’s election system is corrupt. Decisions about who can vote are being made by a candidate for governor. Mr. Blackwell […]
We recently received a note from our friend, Valdis Krebs, telling us about a killer conference he’s attending in Washington, DC, this coming week. He’s in the Over the Horizon session.
I got so excited at the possibilities of what he’s going to participate in that I wrote him a note, and I liked the note […]
This morning I picked up my Saturday PLAIN DEALER and read the following headline:
“Could miners have lived?… By following procedures, they may have missed best chance for survival”
In my usual rational way, I began to rant and to rave in the general direction of my husband, Tim, who has learned to listen with one […]