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I post this one half tongue-in-cheek (hat tip Scott).  A picture of Ben Bernanke was shown round to players from the Super Bowl’s Indianapolis Colts (once a local team here in the Baltimore-Washington area, but that’s another…

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This past Monday I was on the BBC talking about the recently unveiled Fiscal Year 2011 Budget proposed by the Obama Administration for the U.S. Federal Government.  The budget is, as with most things Obama, a tightrope walk between the…

For your amusement as well as your understanding of critical banking and finance reform issues. The funny thing about Colbert and Jon Stewart, his partner in crime at Comedy Central, is that they have a certain bread and circus appeal to…

As we await yet another winter storm in America’s Northeast, Punxatawney Phil has weighed in on the situation.  Answer: six more weeks of cold and snow.  You have been warned. By the way, this is one tech-savvy young groundhog.…

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If you are interested in politics, then this is a definite must see theater. It will give you a much greater appreciation of the personalities and positions. Better audio kicks in after a minute or so. The whole thing runs 66 minutes.…

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Of all the coverage of last night’s State of the Union address, the video below stands out. Now, I’m sure Matthews will have a defence for this piece of analysis i.e. “he was so good that all the talk about Obama and race slipped my mind…