by Kate Lewis Torok I just got out of a six-month relationship. It was an awkward break-up, that ultimately turned into anger. We weren’t communicating. My needs weren’t being met. I was […]
A love letter to potential home buyers
by Kate Torok Dear Procrastinators, Please stop waiting for the $8,000 tax credit to return. It won’t. The government has other concerns and debts to think about and the credit was simply […]
Nota Bene #113: Seth's Near-Death
“Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #109: You Can't Tuna Fish
“It’s absolutely stunning to me, the contempt in which the network holds the audience. The idea that these people have standards is laughable.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #100: Il Planetario di Figaro
Wow, 100 issues of Nota Bene! Props to Russ for helping me for a while with this nifty little S&R feature. Never mind all that now, let’s get on with this issue. […]
Upside-down homes, strategic defaults and our moral obligations to the banking industry
It goes without saying that we should all be mindful of our obligations, be they legal, ethical, spiritual, or, in the case of one Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods, marital. But I have […]
Keep the hope alive
by Anam Been a long hard week. All around the college where I work as a benefits coordinator, programs are out of funding for the summer. Financial aid is strained to the […]
A housing bailout might be a boon, but Bush's housing bailout is a bust
By Martin Bosworth For those who don’t know, last week President Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson unveiled a “mortgage rescue plan” (NOT a bailout, they desperately stressed) that would enable qualifying […]
Fed prepares to “move the goalposts” to delay recession; Greenspan says “Not my fault”
By Martin Bosworth The phrase “moving the goalposts” has been applied most heavily in public discourse of late to the Bush regime’s “strategery” regarding the Iraq war. Through the “surge” and constant […]
“Faith-based investing” and total economic collapse
By Martin Bosworth In looking at the various examples of bad economic news over the last few days, I’ve been struck once again by how the supposedly rational, logical, God-forbid-we-regulate-it-because-it-works-fine-on-its-own free market […]
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