Month October 2009

Soros to invest $1 billion in clean energy

“I want to apply rather stringent criteria to the investments,” said Soros in an e-mailed message. “They should be profitable but should also actually make a contribution to solving the problem.” Welcome news indeed. More and more, the really smart…

TARP deadbeats

Reuters reports that thirty-three TARP recipients missed payments to the government last month. It’s a powerful indication that the U.S. banking system remains troubled. And it throws cold water on talk that taxpayers are “making money” on the bailout. Meanwhile…

Our bedraggled antiwar movement

It wasn’t that long ago that antiwar street corner protests used as buildups to mass marches and to judge sentiment would draw well over a thousand people. But judging from the ANSWER LA website, a recent round of such protests…