The crisis convulsing Washington this week, and the country for a much greater duration, is just one symptom of a society no longer capable of thinking beyond the next quarter. In a world of growing complexity and interconnectedness, our focus on the near-term may prove to be our downfall. Our political future, financial stability...
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The only real shock from our financial implosion is that anybody is remotely shocked by the implosion.

Wall Street is a grand lie built on a foundation as unsound as a house of cards teetering on shifting sands. Wall Street is a casino rigged against investors sold false hope by unscrupulous companies sanctioned by government...
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The first debate between Senators Obama and McCain was a forum for the Republican candidate to perpetuate the falsehoods accumulating on the campaign trail. McCain lied about Obama’s positions on Iraq, energy policy, the economy and the war on terrorism. He claimed Obama supported bills that Obama strongly opposed, and attributed...
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Governor Sarah Palin as Senator John McCain’s choice for vice president is an abomination, even if that truth has been obscured by mainstream media too frightened to offend with the obvious. The conclusion that Palin is incompetent, and a choice grossly inappropriate for the national stage, has nothing to do with gender....
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We do not yet know the fate of the proposed bailout being debated before Congress. McCain’s cynical and embarrassing attempt to ride into town to save the day aside, the financial crisis currently convulsing Washington, D.C. is not near resolution. The Administration is shocked, shocked, that the legislature would not rubber...
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