Often when people get mad as hell, they are mad at the right people for the wrong reasons. That is the case with much of the widespread fury directed at Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Fed Chair Ben Bernanke over…
It’s a day for giving thanks–and taking stock
My wife and I are thankful for many things this year. Good health is one. We both have secure jobs that pay us to do work we love. Our retirement funds hold their own. Our 109-year-old house has its quirks,…
Even when it’s personal, someone decides the cost
From the reaction to new guidelines released this week recommending that women under 50 may not need annual mammograms, some might conclude the government-named panel of experts had decided the lives of a few hundred women with breast cancer didn’t…
AIG bailout critics need to consider the panic factor
Could the government have struck a tougher deal with financial institutions owed money by AIG? The report made public this week by Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, concludes it certainly could have. But the…