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  • Apocalypse List

    January 28, 2009

    • 1. Widespread use of chemical fertilizers is killing off dirt mites. Without dirt mites, nothing will grow.2. The bees are disappearing. Without the bees, nothing will grow.3. Antarctica is melting. When the icecap becomes liquid, Nevada will be beachfront.4. Iceland is bankrupt. Without wealthy, sexy Icelandic ravers, there will be no reason to include Reijkavik on your Eurail pass.5. The stock ...
  • Who is to blame?

    October 1, 2008

    •      I have watched the U.S. financial meltdown with a growing sense of dismay.  It is also interesting to follow the finger pointing that is inevitable in situations like this.  The Administration, Congress, greedy corporate executives have all come in for their share of blame.  And if truth be told, there is plenty of blame to go around.  Lax or missing regulation of the financial ...
  • Econ 101 & the mortgage crisis

    August 19, 2008

    • Economics is a fascinating subject.  At least I find it so. The first econ class I took, I was so completely baffled that I was reduced for the first and only time in my scholastic experience to guessing the answers--all the answers--on the multiple choice exams. I was challenged. So much so, that I eventually decided to major in the subject just to understand it. The most interesting class ...