I watched the third and final presidential debate of campaign 2008 between John McCain and Barack Obama at a friends home. I had two beers – and some cheese and pretzels to keep my keen senses of observation sharp. A financial crisis was still brewing outside the window, but I was seated comfortably near the [...]
I watched last night’s presidential debate between Senators McCain and Obama while enjoying a fine home-cooked potato dish and a full-bodied pale ale. It was quite an entertaining spectacle. McCain darted around the room flailing his arms like a zombie robot on fire, his hands snuffing the life out of the mic (maybe someone put [...]
I woke up this morning, checked the headlines on Marketwatch, and aside from finding out that Asian and European stock markets were falling off another cliff, I stumbled upon a disturbing little article entitled “Lack of EU cooperation worsens turmoil”. It appears that our financial crisis has spread across the Atlantic. And more disturbingly, America’s [...]