In the Skewer Franc-enstein, I argued that Republicans are enamored with tax cuts not as a means to boost employment, but rather as a measure to further their philosophy of channeling next to 100% of economic rewards to the people who need it the … [Continue reading]
Swiss exporters, who provide more than half their country’s GDP, have been hammered over the last year as the franc vaulted 30% against the euro. That the franc - along with the yen and gold bullion – is viewed as a safe repository for the world’s … [Continue reading]
...Panic on the Streets of Birmingham; I wonder to myself, could life ever be sane again? Neither The Smiths nor British authorities, at least those not yet felled by the Murdoch wiretapping scandal, managed to hang the DJ, though investigations into … [Continue reading]
Over the last few decades, a posterori DNA evidence has paved the way for hundreds of the falsely convicted to be released from prison. More chilling is the notion that in three-quarters of these cases, a guilty verdict was obtained, in large part, … [Continue reading]
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is but the latest politician to be consumed by his sexual appetite. Ruefully, if there is any veracity to the latest iteration of his disclosures, he never even got his dick wet. Not waiting until social media coins a … [Continue reading]