To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Mr. Cool
BY SUSAN ESTRICH He might be nervous and insecure. After all, he’s got the biggest, hardest job in the world. It’s not like he’s been preparing for it all his life; nine years ago he was commuting between Chicago and Springfield, IL. It’s not like he inherited peace and prosperity; he inherited recession, misery and […]
‘Too Big To Fail’ Is Too Big – Period
BY JIM HIGHTOWER As skiers and backcountry hikers know, a whiteout is a blizzard that’s so intense that those caught in it can’t even see the blizzard. That’s how I think of the Wall Street bailout now swirling around us. So many trillions of our tax dollars are being blown at the financial giants that […]