Linda Wertheimer interviewed Stacey Kent last month
on Weekend Edition. There's also a link on that page to an earlier interview
Kent did with Susan Stamberg in 2000. I've listened to Stacey Kent nonstop for about a week; she's fantastic.
Posted at 4:50 PM, GMT
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George Soros wrote an excellent essay for the December issue of The Atlantic titled The Bubble of American Supremacy.
"It is ironic that the government of the most successful open society in the world should have fallen into the hands of people who
ignore the first principles of open society."
"... the war being waged has little to do with ending terrorism or enhancing homeland security; on the contrary, it endangers
our security by engendering a vicious circle of escalating violence."
Posted at 4:45 PM, GMT
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I have two trades from yesterday to write about, but I'll be out this morning so there will be no lesson today. You can look
forward to a double bill of Dummies lessons tomorrow.
Posted at 9:19 AM, GMT
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Doug Casey writes about 'craven hypocrite' Rush Limbaugh and his drug
addiction. And here's an older essay by Casey called The Essence of Government.
Posted at 9:11 AM, GMT
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Northern Trust no longer posts the Daily and Weekly Commentary in HTML. That's an annoying and foolish move.
They obviously haven't read Nielsen. Don't overrate your content, guys... you're
not going to "protect" it by making it less accessible.
Posted at 8:31 AM, GMT
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