Hello readers. I want to take a minute and give you all my impressions of New Orleans, the city which I’ve called home for the past three years. First, you may be wondering why I came here; after all, I am a Yankee, born and raised in Massachusetts and educated in Connecticut. Well, there were [...]
Hey there, just wanted to put out a quick update about the protests going on in Madison, WI. First, I support the right of public workers to unionize. Period. Second, I wonder whether comments like this will come back to burn Republicans: “The people who are not around the Capitol square are with us,” said [...]
The Special Inspector General of the TARP has just released a report on the government’s role in saving Citigroup from failure. You can read the report here (PDF). If you are short on time, just skip down to the “Conclusions” section on p.47. While it appears that the govt. has profited by the bailout, the [...]
You have recently indicated your willingness to extend tax breaks for the richest Americans in this time of great financial distress. In the spirit of bi-partisanship, as you so often trumpet, I’d like to remind you of some words from Theodore Roosevelt: It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out [...]
About New Orleans
Hello readers. I want to take a minute and give you all my impressions of New Orleans, the city which I’ve called home for the past three years. First, you may be wondering why I came here; after all, I am a Yankee, born and raised in Massachusetts and educated in Connecticut. Well, there were [...]