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Michael Lewis is the author of Liar's Poker. It is a book about Wall Street investment banks and the presumed financial geniuses who often make money by accident and get paid for it. Lewis tells about Meredith Whitney, who nudged the fi... Read More
Education isn't what it used to be, but back in the Middle Ages, when I was in school, we were taught that the American form of government consisted of three branches. It was meant to be a division of power, so as not to concentrate all power into the... Read More
"Truth or Fiction" informs us that the quote from Cicero, which I mentioned on Nov. 28 in the article about Peter Schiff, was embellished by whoever started it. They say . . . The Truth: This alleged quote from Marcus Tullius Cicero... Read More
Bloomberg is reporting: Real-estate values surged fourfold over the past five years, fueled by a supply shortage and an influx of expatriates. Rising commodities prices drove inflation, which accelerated to a record 11.1 percent in the U.A.E. last year.... Read More
Here is an interesting provision of the Constitution, which Presidents Nixon and Reagan had to wrestle with in the past. Senator Clinton now faces the same constitiutional dilemma--if anyone cares, of course. http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2008/dec/jud... Read More
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