Are banks having troubles? Or are they just getting realistic?

A portrait of a messed up country.

A comparison of job losses over the last few economic down turns.

The Troubles of Korea’s Influential Economic Pundit is this week’s essay of the week.

A professional hit by the Mossad. Or not.

Why the world hate’s Americans. For the record, Haiti’s deforestation was caused by a demand for charcoal. How refraining from eating pig meat is going to fix that is anyone’s guess.

Rumors and more rumors.

It gets old to panic all the time. But the crises is still going strong. Here are some of the things that people are still worrying about.

What is the full extent of the problem?

Can the system handle the problem?

And can we solve the problem before the baby boomers start retiring en-mass?

Edit: Don’t forget jobs.

It is more of a rant then an essay. It is too political correct when it comes to Haitian culture. Nonetheless, what this essay says about the aid agencies that are supposed to be helping the Haitians needs to be said. What is going on down there is a scandal.

This week’s rant of the week is “Don’t give money to Haiti.”

Reading the comments would convince anyone that all conservatives/libertarians are greedy and self righteous and all liberals are stone cold stupid and driven completely by their emotions. The one thing that seems to unite Americans is their poor reading comprehension skills.