A Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar for my beloved Barbara, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed. Harry Reid's waffling on filibuster reform last month has quickly showed results: Senate Republicans are now threatening a filibuster of former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel… more »

Random musings... The fabulous amounts of money involved in the global sports-as-entertainment industry should be a signal to the public to demand more scrutiny. The recent announcement that as many as 650 soccer matches, including World Cup and Europe… more »

Oh, boy- a big day leading us into The Big Weekend. This morning's jobs reports shows continued but modest growth in  private-sector employment.  The big news on the jobs front was the upward revision of the November and December figures, meaning that… more »

I have been in the woodshed, as musicians like to say, studying up on the National Debt. I will report back on that topic shortly. As I anticipated, the Senate finessed its way around filibuster reform and approved a compromise modification worked out… more »

A day for the media. Barack Obama was inaugurated for his second term and delivered an address that was assertive in tone. The nation- or at least some part of it- reflected on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. The sports media is rampi… more »

A few tidbits to munch on: Evan Soltas does an excellent job of elucidating the significance of the trillion-dollar platinum coin in his Bloomberg View post yesterday.  Annie Lowrey explores the relationship between a low-growth economy and a dysfunct… more »