When people voted for Barack Obama they voted for the character and demeanor that spoke to the American people last night. They voted for the author of “The Audacity of Hope”. When the other choices are weighed, Barack still comes out on top–he may be the most charasmatic communicator to ever lead a civilization into [...]

Now that we know where we’re headed, the logic of mathematics can tell us how long it will take to get us there. First, let’s dismiss the global aspect of the problem and focus on the American problem. Our 200 trillion in derivatives is only 20% of the World’s total, but it’s a good number [...]

Well I thought that President Obama did a masterful job last night with Jay Leno. He gets high marks for remaining cool and, as ever, portraying supreme confidence (and even a sense of humor). Specifically: 1) He understated AIG’s “billions” in swap related derivative transactions (it’s half a trillion). 2) He DID utter the “D” [...]

With the FEDs newest gamble to buy the US out of contraction, the writing is on the wall: The U.S. government is the worlds biggest “whale”. As Bobby Deniro explained in the movie “Casino” every casino owner loves a whale. Like K.K. Hichikawa, they may have the cash to turn your lights out, but the [...]