When I originally wrote this column, seven years ago, I was more in touch with the steady drumbeat of time than I was with the inevitability of death. The two are, as I’ve since come to realize, much more closely linked than we may appreciate as we scurry along with the day-to-day business of […]
Archives for May 2010
On the Hatred of Obama: What’s It All About?
Did you know that President Obama ordered to have a bust of Winston Churchill removed from the Oval Office? That piece of information – phrased in those inflammatory terms – was sent to me by a reader who has had nothing but disdain for this president since his election. This reader, and many […]
Whither the Tea Party? What Does It Stand for?
Has anyone figured out exactly what the Tea Party stands for? How did it even get to the point of requiring those upper case letters, as if it’s some kind of official political party? Unless I’m missing something in the “breaking news” reports that the various cable news networks constantly deliver, the Tea Party […]
On the Regulatory Imperative: How Much Proof Do We Need?
It has not been a good spring for the proponents of economic deregulation. Consider the following: Item: Goldman Sachs has been accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of defrauding investors by creating a complicated bundle of toxic mortgage securities and then deliberately selling them to investors while secretly investing against the securities […]