Month: October 2011

I don’t know if Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) will succeed or fail in his effort next year to win the Republican nomination to run for another six-year term. I also don’t know whether I should be pulling for him or...

Bear with me: this is a long diary, but I think it’s worth the trouble to read it. If you would prefer to avoid all the nitty-gritty details, just skip to my last few paragraphs (below the fold) for my righteous rant,...

The Justice Department sought a 19-24 year sentence for Hedge Fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam and attained eleven years, which is still unprecedented. He was convicted of insider trading, which is not what people are really...

I’m not sure how I feel about this. David Frum and Robert Reich have been doing a radio show called Marketplace for years. David Frum has resigned from his position because he no longer agrees with the Republican Party on...

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet project The volatility of food prices, in particular price upswings, represents a major threat to food security in developing countries and typically...