I’m on the road this weekend. Some of the local headlines in south Florida show signs of progress.
History of separation fades as Delray’s Little Leagues unite: You wouldn’t think it possible, but up until this year, Delray Beach has had separate leagues for blacks and whites. It’s something that has been in place for generations, [...]
When 1984 rolled around and the only Big Brother in sight was the one getting trashed in Apple’s Super Bowl commercial, a lot of people thought George Orwell was wrong. Those people were making the mistake of interpreting Orwell’s book as a prediction, instead of a warning. Winston Smith, the protagonist in the story, was’nt [...]
Bear Stearns Chairman James Cayne was worth about a billion dollars last summer, back when Bear Stearns stock was selling for $171 a share. Last week, when JP Morgan offered to buy his company for $2 a share, Cayne was worth only about $27 million. JP Morgan upped its bid from $2 to $10 and [...]
Time for another dose of bad news. Let’s see if we can find some way to be optimistic about this stuff. Social Security and Medicaid are in trouble, and nobody’s offering any good solutions. Glenn Beck calls it a $53 Trillion Asteroid (thanks for the link, Juventus) and warns us that Medicaid will be insolvent [...]
It’s the economy, stupid.
That’s a phrase out of Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign against George H.W. Bush. It turned out the economy was already recovering in the closing months of the campaign, but Clinton was able to use a recent recession to deny Bush a second term.
This time around, it’s the economy, again. Only this time, [...]