One Weak Domino

One Weak Domino

The stock market keeps going up and down like a yo-yo. I thought you’d like to know why. It’s Greece. Oh, not totally — there are other miscreants involved — but pretty much everyone agrees the Greeks are the first and foremost cause. This is...

Wake Me Up When It’s June

The poet who said April is the cruelest month obviously didn’t know about our May. As the month began, that unpronounceable Icelandic volcano kept spewing out tons of black smoke, soot, grit, acidic gases, and all manner of obnoxious things. Airports in Spain,...