A Schism at the Church of Wall Street

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 8:54 AM PDT

2008/09/30 · 08:54

I’m not an economist. And, despite all evidence to the contrary – my mailbox stuffed with offers of shiny new credit cards and cutthroat rates for refinancing my home, the glossy ads in the newspaper begging me to buy a shiny HDTV today and wait two years to pay for it – I’m not a financial Luddite, either. I can take it as an article of faith that, just because I see offers for credit every day doesn’t mean that there isn’t a global credit crunch, or that our financial system isn’t near meltdown. After all, who am I supposed to believe... Wall Street, or my lying eyes?

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Tuesday April 22, 2008 · 10:24 PM PDT

2008/04/22 · 22:24

It's Groundhog Day in Pennsylvania. Punxsutawney Hill has climbed atop her dais and proclaimed to have seen a shadow of a chance of pulling this thing off. Naturally.

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Monday April 16, 2007 · 3:56 PM PDT

2007/04/16 · 15:56

I'm not a security expert... then again it doesn't take an expert to suspect there may have been an inadequate response to the shootings early this morning on the VT campus, and that inadequate response may have led to significantly more senseless loss of life.

Something went wrong. Very wrong. Whether protocols weren't followed, or were inadequately followed, or were not communicated, or simply didn't exist -- they were clearly inadequate and ineffective -- and the result is tragedy, compounded.

This isn't time for blame. Or finger pointing. There's time enough for that later.

(please, keep reading)

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Monday February 26, 2007 · 10:13 PM PST

2007/02/26 · 22:13

I don't know about you but I'm sick to death of phony think-tanks that proclaim that to be, "an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization dedicated to providing concerned citizens, the media and public leaders with expert empirical research and timely free market policy solutions" when in fact they are partisan, populated by political dirty-tricksters, and more or less directly funded by corporations and PACS with an axe to grind.

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A Kick in the Gut: Get Real About Torture

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Friday September 29, 2006 · 10:54 AM PDT

2006/09/29 · 10:54

This is the video age, right? What with YouTube and Google Video and 300 cable channels and whatnot streaming into every home...

So why hasn't anybody used these tools to make an effective case about what the Bush administration wants? About what torture really is? Read More

A Reading from the Gospel of Rove (The Deceiver)

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Wednesday August 30, 2006 · 10:11 PM PDT

2006/08/30 · 22:11

And he said unto his disciples...

Heed well these words, for they will allow you to snatch victory from the very jaws of defeat.

Study your enemy. Discern that which would be his greatest weapon, make it your own and strike first with the force of a thousand tongues. For surely as you have wielded his own weapon against him -- as you strike with that very thing which threatens you most -- you break its power; you render it mute, and feeble. Read More

Get SMART: a PM's guide to IRAQ.

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Tuesday June 20, 2006 · 10:35 PM PDT

2006/06/20 · 22:35

It's a shame there isn't a single project manager to be found among BushCo's cronies. 'Cause if there were, it'd be so much more clear just what "staying the course" means.

How might a progressive project manager (or member of Congress) respond to Rove's snearing "Cut and Run" slurs? Like this... Read More

Toward a Real Culture of Life

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Sunday April 30, 2006 · 10:19 PM PDT

2006/04/30 · 22:19

The Bush administration and its conservative, Christian fundamental base have espoused what together they call a "culture of life", a phrase that has been invoked repeatedly in opposition to abortion, repeatedly in opposition to stem cell research, and -- in one remarkable case -- the invasion of privacy of a husband and his long-suffering wife.

A culture of life. It's difficult to contemplate arguing such a noble sentiment... that we all have a duty to protect the weak, and to value each life, especially those who are the mercy of others. So why is the theme interpreted so narrowly? How is it that such a weighty and impactful idea is deployed only to serve the means and intent of the President's office, and those religious conservatives who support him?

If we're really to espouse a culture of life, we need to broaden the theme and apply it universally, without regard to political agenda, or geopolitical borders. Here then, are my suggestions for how we might implement universal standard for a true Culture of Life: Read More

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A Schism at the Church of Wall Street

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A Kick in the Gut: Get Real About Torture

A Reading from the Gospel of Rove (The Deceiver)

Get SMART: a PM's guide to IRAQ.

Toward a Real Culture of Life