Nobody Listens Anyway

The world is coming to an end. The current financial crisis has taken its tole on a staple of my diet - Mother’s Animal Cookies has gone bankrupt. First we loose Snelgrove’s Ice Cream and now this. I might be thinner but I am going to be an ornery old man.

Normally you wouldn’t find me extolling the virtues of a large corporation like Walmart, but this article that Marion sent me outlines how Walmart was a lot more helpful during Katrina than Fema. I find the argument of private corporations being more responsive and capable than governments interesting. I have to think that [...]

I had always assumed that the potential for default on risky mortgages was a problem, but I didn’t realize how far reaching it could become. Here is an article in the New York Times that explains how bad mortgages can have a dire effect on the global economy.
In case you want more bad news [...]