Nov

30

Lightening up … ’cause it’s Phriday

November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

You know I couldn’t leave you on such a sour note for the week …

You have got to be kidding
ABC News reports about the hostage situation at a Rochester, NH Clinton campaign office are punctuated by intelligent comments from online readers like:
“No doubt Hillary will call this a part of a ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’ and […]

Nov

30

Deja vu all over again: the racial politics edition

November 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

You know, I have at a variety of times in my life been trounced for suggesting that racism in America did not die, in spite of all the progress that has been made over the last 50 years in making the lives of minorities in America better and more hopeful.
There are a number of reasons […]

Nov

28

This week’s business reading roundup

November 28, 2007 | 2 Comments

Time to check out this weeks business blog carnivals, which I don’t always make the time to do.
There are a whole mess of them with varying degrees of niche but I’ll stick to my two favorites, one of the oldest and one of the newest.
Carnival of the Capitalists
This week’s CotC is hosted by Money Walks […]

Nov

27

Slowdown? Recession? Bring it on!

November 27, 2007 | 2 Comments

Join me for another episode of “How Your Friendly Journal Blogger Pulls Together Ideas From Disparate Sources For Ponderation.”
Paul Krugman gave it as his opinion in a column yesterday that the reason why Gallup is finding Americans to be so pessimistic about the economy (in spite of how good said economy appears to be performing […]

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