John Berry: If Tax-Cut Lapsing Is Class Warfare, Let’s Fight, by John M. Berry, Commentary, Bloomberg: If letting top income-tax rates go back to where they were in 2000 is class warfare against the rich, I’m ready to snap to attention with my old M1 rifle on my shoulder. What a ridiculous label...

Were chief executives at financial firms caught in "a financial tsunami" beyond their control, or are they partly responsible for what happened?: A Tsunami of Excuses, by William Cohan, Commentary, NY Times: It's been a year since Bear Stearns collapsed, kicking off Wall Street’s mel...

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So the other day, I commented on the fact that Leffingwell had been endorsed by 50 Democratic precinct chairs and how cool would it be to have those on a map to see which areas of town their represented. Being a numbers and data visualization nerd, I have to say I was really excited to see a filled ...

Taylor Stein, the mother of ex-Estée Lauder CEO William Lauder's love child, is going to court to get him to pay a $9.5 million settlement he agreed to in exchange for her silence. On February 17, Stein's lawyer, Ed Hayes, filed a petition with a New York court which oversees trust funds, seeking t...

Whatever happened to Chris Hughes, the Facebook cofounder who joined Barack Obama's fledgling campaign in 2007 and powered it to victory using social networking? He's joined a D.C. PR firm. How crushingly disappointing! Hughes has kept a low profile since the election. He gave a speech in Washington...

The geniuses at Google, the world's most arrogantly clever ad sellers, have announced plans to target ads to Internet users based on their "interests." You can opt out — but there's a catch. Susan Wojcicki, the Google vice president who's also the sister-in-law of cofounder Sergey Brin, announ...

So claims one USA Today reporter: Modesty in young women's clothing is getting a boost from the dismal economy. When consumer spending was in overdrive, retailers could sell to the masses and ignore the more muted voices asking for, say, a decent supply of sleeved shirts or prom dresses that show mo...

Station Church: S. Cecilia in TrastevereFrom The Passion And Death Of Jesus Christ, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori:O sovereign God! Thou hast given Thyself entirely to me; and how than shall I not love Thee with my whole self? I believe, yes, I believe that Thou hast died for me, and how can I then l...

George Waters of Illinois State University on the economic crisis and the state of macroeconomics: Equilibrium and Meltdown, by George A. Waters: Equilibrium in economics is such a ubiquitous concept some might be surprised to hear that it is also controversial. It is hard to imagine doing much econ...