This just floored me: “When I hear the constant vilification of corporate America, I personally don’t understand it,” Dimon said in his speech. “I would ask a lot of our folks in government to stop doing it because I think it’s hurting our country.” That is Jamie ...

The ice and sleet just missed Memphis this morning.  So all the local schools are open.  My morning commute upstairs was  quite easy today.  We are barely in the second month of the massive $787 billion stimulus package.  Most of the spending impact does not start until 04-01-2009 (tax cuts-foo...

Tom Friedman writes in The New York Times: I am deeply worried that our political system doesn’t grasp how much our financial crisis can still undermine everything we want to be as a country. Friends, this is not a test. Economically, this is the big one. This is August 1914. This is the morning a...

MARCH 12, 2009 Sign up to get the morning briefing by email here. ———————————————————————- FIFTY DAYS INTO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION Consider one little factoid: H...

By Dick Morris President Obama and his big spenders are moving quickly, to the relief of those who are facing foreclosure on their mortgages. But the program they are offering will do nothing for those most in need. In the fine print, Obama’s plan provides no relief for any homeowner whose mortgag...

Going over real estate advice on the Internet, it seems the majority says it’s a good time to buy a home these days with the market prices down and all. Not to mention the tax incentives for new home buyers. But if you were buying a new home, you’d have to know all the details so you can...

Several items for your consideration tonight: State AGs, aided by the Obama Justice Department, are about to rain down a storm of payback upon the mortgage banking and financial services industries, including a major staffing increase for a reinvigorated SEC. A little trust busting would be in order...

And so Washington State is going to be the next "Prop 8" battleground, it looks like.  And we didn't even get to get married first! On Tuesday night, our State Senate approved legislation that would give us, gay couples, all the exact same rights and responsibilites that the Stat...

It's been a while since I've posted anything of meaning - trust me when I say I've had good reason to keep a somewhat low-profile that last few weeks.  I'll get to that in a sec, but first I'd like to invite any of my 9 faithful readers that have not already done so to seek...

Remember the wind-powered rotating skyscrapers of Dubai? Well, the building boom in the Emirates is over, thanks to the financial crisis. Most of the huge and expensive construction projects have been cancelled or are on hold. Not only that, foreign laborers are being laid off at an astounding rate ...