Economics

Rioters in the Pool and Wall Street The inner-city youths get classier and classier: Armed security guards have been posted at public pools in Buffalo after a lifeguard was pulled into the water by rowdy teenagers and other unruly behavior prompted safety concerns for parks employees [http://wcbstv.com/topstories/

Long day yesterday at the office. I'm bushed and sleeping in. Just this today:

Freaking Out and Princely Freaks Are we all (am I) unduly freaking out about the economy? Hard to say: "In the last few years, however, something strange has happened. While there is no lack of survivalists stockpiling cat food and rifles, some of the direst thinkers are now working

Miscellany Link to the PBS special, Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money [http://video.pbs.org/program/1155680272/]. * * * * * * * Ah crap. I was hoping we'd hold strong at $12 trillion: The U.S. debt will top $13.6 trillion this year and climb to an estimated $19.

In lieu of an actual post today (see below), I'm posting this yet-unseen video. It's Marc Faber, giving a one-hour overview of our economy's huge problems. I say it's "unseen" because I haven't seen it yet. The folks

New Socks Max (6) was content Sunday night. He was sitting in front of eight pairs of new socks: four white, four dark blue. Marie said to me, "Look what Max has. New socks." Max was grinning. Marie explained, "He's never gotten new socks before.

My Son, the Duke My son leaves for Lansing tomorrow. The reason? "Youth in Government." He's spending four days at the Michigan capital to learn how government works. I'm pretty excited about it. I told him to take it seriously because (and this is

Time scarce. Just two things today: 1. Nerds with a sense of humor. The financial mavericks at Zero Hedge slay me: > Greece has just become the biggest sovereign debt panhandler, begging its own people for a bailout. The Greek situation is now so bad that as of a few