It’s The Economy, Genius.
Monday at noon, President Obama sat with John Harwood and a town hall audience for an hour at the Newseum in Washington to discuss the economy live on CNBC. Talk about stretching it out. CNBC took a...
View ArticleTrain In Vain.
The third post I ever wrote for Brief Wit was about the Obama Administration’s overarching vision for high-speed rail in America and funding for it included in the Stimulus. The map and the routes...
View ArticleA Cents Of Entitlement.
The State of the Union address is less than an hour away and there have been hints and suggestions from the president as to what major themes and issues he will highlight. Republicans have been laying...
View ArticleBummer: Live-Blogging The President’s Remarks.
The country’s first-ever credit downgrade. Stocks tanking. 30 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan. President Obama is expected to speak shortly, presumably about all of these topics. So, I’ve come...
View ArticleTalk To Me, Goose.
So, there I was the other night, catching the last 15 minutes of Top Gun on AMC, when something that’s happening in the real world somehow dovetailed in my head (it’s been known to wander) with the...
View ArticleThe Occupy Wall Street Tasting Menu.
As a reader pointed out, my stuff’s been a bit esoteric of late. So, it’s time to weigh in on some broader happenings. Thus, I give you my take on Occupy Wall Street: that rambunctious rebellion, that...
View ArticleKeep Your Eye On The Wall.
We all know now that the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators living in Zuccotti Park for almost two months were methodically uprooted by the NYPD Tuesday. So what? As I said before, I support the spirit...
View ArticleNuanced Newt?
Are we six weeks into 2012 already? I’ve just been so strapped for time, what with January being National Braille Literacy Month and all. And of course now that it’s Febru-ANY, you can imagine why my...
View Article(White) House of Lies?
What in tarnation is going on? Since when did people in finance get defended in any real significant way? Private equity, investment banking, and hedge funds were universally loathed in 2009 for...
View ArticleIrony Curtain.
Around the world, economies remain on shaky ground. Even the BRICs are breaking. Brazil, Russia, India, and China are all reporting slower growth or swallowing diluted forecasts from analysts. Of...
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