Lost time roundup...

All apologies for the lapse in posts, had some personal business to attend to.

Anything happen while I was gone? :-)

In my off-time, I've had an especially good time reading Of Two Minds, where Mr. Hugh-Smith has begun serializing a new book that deals with our current situation. I'm not sure I agree with all of the premises from which he begins, but he's drawing some refreshing conclusions so far.

In national economics, I'm sharing Krugman's non-enthusiasm for the current bailout plan. I feel that this is a bit like trying to throw a baseball over a very tall wall. You either get it over the wall, or you don't. There are no "A's" for effort, and given the public's feeble fixation on the AIG bonuses (i.e. missing the cake for the crumbs), the Obama administration may not get another big swing at this in the near future.

An excellent segment on the Diane Rehm show this morning where Robert Glennon was on to discuss the looming water crisis and the myriad ways in which we're not addressing it.

Hopefully we're back to posting on a more regular basis.