Bank Failure #34: BankUnited, Coral Gables, Florida
A big one this time, and the FDIC couldn’t wait until Friday, the normal day for bank seizures. Hmmm.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month May 2009
Thoughts on the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers
Two problems with the defeat of the Tamil Tigers. First, the Sri Lankan government has not addressed the lingering grievances of the Tamil minority and has done little to alleviate the systemic and institutional racism in the country. [The government…
Active house. Captures more power than it uses. Zero carbon.
The world’s first active power house not only heats and powers itself via solar (in Denmark, no less) it puts enough energy back into the grid that the designers say it will cancel the energy costs of building it within…
Six decades of child abuse and rape by Catholic institutions in Ireland
Will there be justice? Apparently not. The findings will not be used for criminal prosecutions – in part because the Christian Brothers successfully sued the commission in 2004 to keep the identities of all of its members, dead or alive,…
A Voice for Peace
“At this time when attention has been focused on the last phase of war and on the humanitarian crisis in the north, there is another less publicised crisis that requires urgent attention. This concerns the breakdown of law and order…