Volcker trashes the financial industry for hubris

I’ve always admired former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker.  He’s a ballsy giant of a man whose plain talking stogie puffing ways and role in breaking the stranglehold of banks in the ’80s precipitating the S&L crisis have made him both a household name and a reputation as one of the most straightforward and down to [...]

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Go Get ‘em Tiger

  I’m sure nobody has missed the brouhaha surrounding Tiger Woods’ alleged infidelity.  Not being a celebrity fanboy sycophant, I generally despise the celebrity worship Americans insist on engaging in and all the rabid gasping and moralizing when one of them is suddenly revealed as a mere mortal like the rest of us.  Unfortunately unless [...]

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