It was once said, by that grand dame of American etiquette Emily Post, that knowing how to properly enter a drawing-room is one of the surest tests of good breeding. As with all matters pertaining to manners, there are very… Read More ›
Wall Street
The Wall Street Woodcutter & The Trees: A Look At The Passage of the Cromnibus Bill
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 ›
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 ›
The Color of Drug Money: Gilead Sciences and “Philanthropy”
By Drew Gibson Last night, while trudging through the endless cavalcade of reality shows on the TV guide, I came across a station that was playing The Gangs of New York. Naturally, I had to stop and watch it as… Read More ›
Virally Suppressed - Muckraking For The Modern World 