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  In his blog post yesterday, Paul Krugman made the point that Janet Yellin was one of the few economists who correctly saw the peril of last decade’s housing bubble before it burst. Krugman thesis is that where Yellin fell short was in thinking the da… more »

  You know that feeling of relief you get when an obnoxious house guest finally leaves? I’m thinking that the segment of the US population who actually cares about these matters is feeling the same way now that Congress is off on a five-week vacation.… more »

  I’ve been a Blackberry guy for about a dozen years. Originally, I was a Nextel customer, but after Sprint purchased Nextel, I noticed the service was not as good as it had been. I was traveling a lot on business in those days, and the Blackberry was… more »

  “I know it’s crooked, but it’s the only game in town,” is a statement generally attributed to 19th Century gambler “Canada Bill” Jones. It seems that it may have present-day relevancy as an apt description of banking in this country. In light of ever… more »

  Fear is a primal source of motivation of human behavior. While I have no background in anthropology or sociology, it seems plausible to accept this as a trait we have carried forward with us from our primitive origins. The flight of an animal from a… more »

  If there were one question I wished could be asked of George Zimmerman, acquitted last night in the shooting death on Trevon Martin on the grounds of self-defense, it would be this: Would you have followed and confronted the teenager if you were not… more »