The best finance book I've read so far this year (and I've read a slew of them) is Robert C. Pozen's Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System. But it fits in a somewhat specialized niche. If you are new to the current crisis, it is not the first book you should read on the topic. For narrative framework, I'd recommend this or this , either followed by this . No: instead of overview, what...
The Pakistani Muslim youth is (generally) repressed. Not all of it due to culture. Among other factors bigotry , zealotry and religious mis -interpretations also share considerable blame. Hence this Pew Forum post assumes added significance ~ t Does sexual frustration fuel Islamic violence? - by Omar Sacirbey - Did alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan lose control, at least in part, because he...
A Letter to President Obama By RALPH NADER CounterPunch ".... Mr. Hoh proceeds to list these persistent failings and adds his articulate doubts about the strategic purposes of your Administration's military presence in Afghanistan . He asks, " Why and to what end?" His letter of conscience and protest concludes by noting the limitless effects on our foreign and military policy, and on...
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader has run for President of the US on the Green Party line, and most recently as an independent. There have been calls for Nader to run for Senate against incumbent Chris Dodd in Connecticut.The following open letter was posted at votenader.org, and also sent as an e-mail announcement. Advice on Afghanistan November 18, [...]
-- Farouk Shami is a candidate to dye for, according to the Texas Tribune. His recent political contributions are what stand out to me, however ... Shami's (hair care products) business, founded in 1986, took off when he signed a distribution deal with Austin-based Armstrong McCall. John McCall is a part owner of Farouk Systems now, and the two men — particularly McCall — were the biggest...
Green Party of Connecticut officials announced today that they would welcome Ralph Nader into the 2010 race for U. S. Senate and think he would have a good chance to win against current Senator Dodd. Green Party spokesperson Tim McKee said: Since the media reports began in local and national web sites last week, we have seen [...]
via KansasCity.com In the history of the rivalry between the Chiefs and Raiders there have been many great games and moments over 50 seasons. This was not one of them. What went down at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on a sun-splashed Sunday afternoon was 60 minutes of mistakes, blunders and poor football. Afterwards the Chiefs did not care a lick. They stole out of the East Bay with a 16-10 victory,...
Global Warmers Must Seek Legit Cause as Issue Cools No Global Warming - What Next? By E. Ralph Hostetter November 12, 2009 Global temperatures stopped rising in 1989 and have declined since then, according to a NASA study of satellite temperature data during the past decade. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a U.N. study group that avidly promotes the concept of global warming, grudgingly...
By Will Chen We've been invited to present our books, 10,001 Way to Live Large on a Small Budget and The Frugal Duchess: How to Live Well and Save Money , at the 26th Miami Book Fair International ! Wise Bread writers Myscha Theriault and Sharon Harvey Rosenberg will be on hand to sign books, answer questions, and share their favorite frugal tips. The fair is great fun for the whole family. It features...
The Politico of November 12 has this interesting column about the idea that Ralph Nader could conceivably decide to run for U.S. Senate in Connecticut in 2010. Thanks to Darcy Richardson for the link.
On Thursday, 11/12, Politico asked “Will Nader challenge Dodd'” Ralph Nader, the Green Party’s presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000, is a Connecticut native and eligible to run for US Senate there. The consumer crusader, perennial presidential aspirant and Winsted, Connecticut native says lots of people are asking him to run for the Senate against Dodd [...]
The law of unintended consequences, often cited but rarely defined, is that actions of people—and especially of government—always have effects that are unanticipated or unintended. Economists and other social scientists have heeded its power for centuries; for just as long, politicians and popular opinion have largely ignored it. The Ft. Hood Massacre Is George Bush's Fault By Thom Hartmann...
Here is video of Ralph Nader on with Bill O'Reilly tonight where he refused to call the Fort Hood attack a "terrorist attack." Instead, he said he would only choose to call it a "massacre." In fact, Nader got upset with O'Reilly for even asking him about it, saying instead that he came onto the show to talk about his new book. O'Reilly responded by saying Nader was "dodging"...
If Al Gore (or even Ralph Nader) had been President in 2001, the Ft. Hood massacre almost certainly wouldn't have happened. Because George W. Bush was president, it did.
If Al Gore (or even Ralph Nader) had been President in 2001, the Ft. Hood massacre almost certainly wouldn't have happened. Because George W. Bush was president, it did.
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