Come on down and have a sit with me. Just a sit—a brief sit—so’s I can tell you a little story my daddy used to tell me when I was knee-high and tow-headed and didn’t know shit from Shinola about… Read More ›
Dodd-Frank
Wall Street & The Language of Avarice
I don’t usually write about economics and financial markets and the reason for this is fairly simple: they intimidate the hell out of me. Mind you, I’m not talking about the institutions themselves or the individual players involved. I have… Read More ›
19th Century Labor Day Blues
Labor day is about as much a celebration of the American worker as Thanksgiving is a tribute to Native Americans. I’m sure American Indians rejoice in the irony of a nation celebrating their Wampanoag forefathers’ benevolence by gorging our honky… Read More ›