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Throwing a drowning man a yacht. Why do we even bother prosecuting things like cannabis possession when criminal behavior like this is rew...

The anonymous blogger responds to Leo Wells. Thousands of people have arrived at this site through Google to find impartial information abo...

How stupid is your financial advisor? Putting aside for the moment the difficulty of spotting the deliberate criminal activities of a Berni...

It's ten years later. November 5, 1999 : ''The world changes, and we have to change with it,'' said Senator Phil Gramm o...

Just askin'. "Who were these people who wrecked AIG and other companies? How did it come about? And was the nature of their action...

Pulitzer for Gretchen too. While we're giving out nominations for Pulitzer Prizes, let's give one to Gretchen Morgenson of the New ...

"It's not a fucking game." Skimble hereby nominates Jon Stewart for a Pulitzer Prize: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M - Th ...

The future of human beings. These observations about the global economy and how to make it work were written not years or decades ago, but ...

The complete and utter failure of financial journalism. Jon Stewart's takedown of CNBC was so much more than a takedown of Rick Santell...

Buying the bailout. While Obama is being blamed by mindless commenters and cable talking heads for the recent market turmoil and the halvin...

Decapitating executive pay. The more we learn about how the global banking industry has been managed in the last decade, the more we realiz...

Tax cuts make a lot of sense. The GOP's highly principled, widely celebrated and fetishistic tax cuts will stimulate the economy for fo...

Keeping score. This is one of the few chances we get to judge a pair of opposing-party, two-term presidents back to back. We limit our judg...

Fire sale on the USA. The net result of his administration makes the point quite clearly: whenever Bush talked about the "ownership so...

Killing the watchdog. I have yet to see this reported anywhere, but an anonymous commenter named trademonster on an investment forum said ...

Prostitution is at least an honest profession. I'll show you my balance sheet if you show me yours. No? Well, let's insure our mult...

Fixing the unfixable. All the hot air about who Obama should or shouldn't appoint to his cabinet won't do a damn thing about bringi...

Party like it's 1997. I'm in the mood for a quick review of the Clinton years. Let's look at a few milestones in the S&P 5...

More like this, please. Some guy spots former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld on a gym treadmill, walks right up to him, and knocks him out cold .

Plutocrats win! From the shit-eating, high-five grins on these two men's faces, it seems clear that today's $700 billion bailout ma...

Outrage fatigue. I have ceased to care about McStupid's Britney video and Obama's acting presidency. Or the New Yorker cover. Or C...

Once again, the punchline is Texas. WSJ : Texas had some of the cheapest power rates in the country when it zapped most of the state's ...

Emergency retirement plan: elder suicide. "Emergency retirement plan: revolver with 3 bullets... in case the first 2 don't work. C...

The pause that refreshes. I'm halfway through my monthlong break. How about you?

Healthcare Republican style. Here's a reason to vote for McCain: health insurance that doubles in cost while 15 million people lose cov...

One out of 3 Marines is broke. Enlisted Marines are suffering financial problems that are serious enough to affect national security, not t...

Like taking candy from a Christian. If Republicans have proven anything in the last several years it's this: When you want to steal on ...

I wish I had a dollar for every GOP crime because then I would be even richer than Igor Olenicoff : Criminal court filings in California an...

Scott and Jeff sitting in a tree. Who did conscience-stricken Scott McClellan always turn to when he needed a softball? The GOP shill and l...

Energy conservation, Texas-style. Everywhere else in the USA, people are driving less, taking public transit more, screwing in those CFLs, ...