I live in East Boston which means that in order to get downtown I must take the blue line under the harbor. Well, today, after a full day of work and a good swim, I made my way home as usual. However, as I exited the subway station in my neighborhood, I realized that my [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Our media is so pervasive that sometimes I wonder what it would be like to go without it entirely. Even in remote Uzbekistan, I had shortwave radio and satellite TV. I am particularly interested in reading James Howard Kuntsler’s second book in the “World Made By Hand” series titled The Witch of Hebron. I long [...]
Preconceptions
I live in East Boston which means that in order to get downtown I must take the blue line under the harbor. Well, today, after a full day of work and a good swim, I made my way home as usual. However, as I exited the subway station in my neighborhood, I realized that my [...]