Since Republicans keep playing partisan politics as they have egregiously for the past 8 years (and further, the past 8 years have just been the worst), I think the Democrats should start pushing bills through Congress that will be very difficult to vote against. Here’s my list: The Banking Responsibility […]
Enjoy the Money Song …
Listening to WLW (a local AM talk radio station) the other night, I happened to catch an interview with Paul Wertheimer about the Wal-Mart tragedy. Wertheimer is an expert in crowd management. His career began after the 1979 Who concert in Cincinnati when he was appointed chief of staff of […]
To paraphrase an NPR announcer I overheard this morning: A sure sign that a crisis is occurring is when you are trying to figure out things you never thought you’d care about. In the interest of “knowledge is power” and “knowing is half the battle,” I thought I’d post a […]
Dear Democrats, I’m not sure if you realize this, but Republicans handed you a fantastic opportunity today by not passing the Wall Street bailout bill. Facing pressure from constituents, 2/3 of Republicans failed to back the bill. Here’s the political end-game they are playing and how this works to your […]
In the midst of what has been called the “worst economic crisis in our nation since the Great Depression,” it’s time to take a deep breath and step back from all the party blame. Both sides are so busy blaming the other that the real underlying cause is being ignored. […]
Why don’t we simply make the $700 billion available to banks that didn’t make risky bets on subprime loans? Wouldn’t rewarding those banks that made good investments make more sense to help out our economy than bailing out those who made bad financial decisions? The financial system would not collapse […]
The power has been out in much of Southwestern Ohio this week and that may have been a blessing for many people as they didn’t have to watch the collapse and subsequent bailout of Wall Street. Lehman Brothers goes under and the government has to step in to rescue insurance […]
It’s getting harder and harder to find actual news amidst the advertisements, but every now and then a few facts slip by. This piece was one of the most interesting I’ve seen in a long time. It has to do with the price of gas. From Bloomberg: “Refiners are managing […]
I happened across an interview with Victoria Wulsin in CityBeat this week and was struck by her concise framing of the health care issue. “What we all want is quality,” Wulsin said. Wulsin believes what has gotten lost in the health care debate is the patient. The current administration has […]
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