The Pursuit Of Happiness
Fascinating stuff: Little Denmark, with its five-and-a-half million people, is the happiest country in the world, says a study done...
Traffic Indicates . . .
In the Soros discussion this morning, Drey asks (in comments): "Curious about what your unofficial # of visits to the site indicator...
Iowa Floodwaters
Insane photos of Iowa flooding from Boston Globe’s new blog, which they somehow cleverly named "The Big Picture"...
WSJ Interview: George Soros
Interesting interview with George Soros: WSJ: You argue that the crises we’ve experienced in the past 25 years have been, in...
Friday Night Jazz: Steely Dan
I’m a huge fan of what the BBC once called "one of the most important and intelligent bands the US has produced: Steely Dan....
12,000: We Hardly Knew Ya
One hour to go on a Quadruple witching expiry, with a near $4 rise in Oil, more trouble in the finance sector (9th inning! 9th inning!),...
World Affairs Monthly Interview: Insanity Distilled
Earlier this week, I did an extensive, far ranging interview with Thomas Pochari of the World Affairs Monthly. We touched on the massive...
The US Gasoline Slide
Yesterday, we noted the Beginning of Demand Destruction? Today, Oil has reversed, and that thesis may be getting questioned. For...
What Conspiracy?
>"All models are wrong; some are useful."–George P. Box > I enjoy intelligent criticism. It forces you to tighten...
Oil Producers to Meet to Discuss Supply, Prices
Government leaders and oil producers will meet in Saudi Arabia over the weekend to discuss record crude prices. Saudi Arabia, the...