As the slow-motion train wreck which was Lehman Brothers unfolds once more before our eyes, if not in the pages of our mainstream media—who continue to proclaim against all available evidence that they really, really do perform a...Poachers Turned Gamekeepers
As the slow-motion train wreck which was Lehman Brothers unfolds once more before our eyes, if not in the pages of our mainstream media—who continue to proclaim against all available evidence that they really, really do perform a...The Downside of Anger
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
— Cato the Elder
Anger is seldom without argument but seldom with a good one.
— Lord Halifax
Anyone can become...
Burning Down the House
Bob Teitelman, Editor in Chief of M&A industry rag The Deal, released an editorial from this coming week's magazine last Friday. In it, he takes aim at the vaunted "resolution authority"...On Bullshit
I try to stay positive, Dear Readers, I really do.I try to believe that any glimmer of illumination I can occasionally shed on the structure, function, and operation of global...
I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can
"Aesthetics is for artists what ornithology is for birds."
— Barnett Newman
Good morning, class.
Our quote for the day comes from Barnett Newman, painter, artist, and member of the loosely affiliated post-war group of US artists known...
We Didn’t Start the Fire
Rob Slolom: "Wow. Eight Oscars, 400 million dollars at the box office, and you saved Tugg Speedman's career."
Les Grossman: "I couldn't have done it without you."
Rob Slolom: "Really?"
Les...
All Hail the New Decembrists
Trot on over, kiddies, to Your Curmudgeonly Blogosopher's new blog site, The New Decembrists, if you get half a mo'.It is subtitled "A Public Forum for the Discussion of Financial Regulation...
A Reformist Manifesto
The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a...
Compassion Fatigue
"No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again. Sometimes I just want it to stay saved, you know? For a little bit? I feel like the...
Notes from a Presidential Address I Would Like to Hear
As delivered from the bully pulpit long ago, in another time and place, which looks a lot like this time and place:
Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we...
Character Study
Alfred Pennyworth: "A long time ago, I was in Burma. My friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans...
Shock and Awe
I tell you honestly, Dear Readers, my afternoon conversation with this genial and intelligent gentleman started unremarkably enough, with a little playful banter in the Twitterverse on this and that. ...
