The Rude Awakening

Sundown over Stockholm Bay. Time for Bed. (Picture courtesy of Carl Lindquist)

I sure don't like what I'm reading online right now. "The financial crisis entered a potentially dangerous new phase on Wedne...

Lake Como, Italy (Courtesy of Carl Lindquist)

If nothing else, this time of global financial crisis that we have entered is leading us to begin a thorough analysis of our situation in or...

Good morning, everyone. I hope that your day goes well. I'm reading a New York Times column on the financial crisis by David Leonhardt, ...

As tidal waves slam into the financial sector in New York, gentle waves caress the California shore. So ends the day. (Picture courtesy of C...

It now looks like the government will be bailing out the huge insurance company AIG that has been threatened by bankruptcy. The government w...

Consider this: Lehman Brothers, the New York investment bank that just went bankrupt, survived the Civil War, the railroad bankruptcies, the...

A fascinating debate within the Republican Party and the conservative movement is beginning to take place about Sarah Palin over the issue o...

Well, it looks like the market is going up today a little. That's good. But don't get any ideas, the blood-letting is far from over....