Visit the New York Times page below for a cool flash driven Interactive chart that lets you compare various economic indicators like the Federal Budget surplus/deficit, changes in real income, home prices, number of jobs, personal savings, minimum wages, and most interesting to me, the Share of Income of Bottom of 99% (as percent of total income) going back to 1950. The chart makes it very easy to see who was in the White House and which party controlled the legislative branch in any given year.

Senator McCain, my friend, you are doing a major disservice to the people of America by not opening up and admitting that the current economic ‘perfect storm; is the result of years of policy changes that have led to people gaming the financial system across the board. Blaming this on a few bad apples the way Bush did when Enron’s and other corporate accounting abuses came to light instead of publicly acknowledging that this problem is systemic seems anathema to the idea of you as a Maverick and a Straight Talker.

When it comes to the future of the airline industry, the question is not whether there will be a downturn, but how bad the downturn it will be.

I always keep an eye out for interesting resources that can help me – and others – make sense of the world. I found one a couple weeks ago and I’d like to share it. The U.S. Department of State issues publications called “Background Notes” for 200 nations around the world.

As some people know, I have been dealing with a health issue involving a colleague at work and have not had the time I normally would have in the evenings to write blog posts. Yesterday however, I ended up writing a very lengthy comment in response to Will Taft’s blog post Why Obama Might Be  Read more »