February 15, 2009
I really, really hate being on the same side of pretty much anything as Peggy Noonan, so as much as I enjoyed this as a piece of writing -- in its world-weariness it sounds much like a younger Joan Didion...
If you're in the mood to be (however briefly) a little more bullish this weekend -- and I'm planning a post later today on healing credit market indicators -- you'll like a supplement in the current issue of The Economist....
Here is a sneak peek at some links from my weekly Weekend Reading column over at TheStreet: Bank recovery stalls on donations to Congress (Bloomberg) Camp Pendleton as microcosm of how stimulus plan might hit construction economy (Los Angeles Times)...
Here is a quick chart of restaurant availability by city in the U.S. on Valentine’s Day this past weekend. The search was done via OpenTable on the preceding Friday for a Saturday night dinner reservation for two at 7pm. This...
As I said when I linked to Richard Florida's piece on how the crash will reshape America, Florida brings out wildly different responses in people -- even among those who like some of what he has to say. Today's example:...
Fairly eye-popping graphic of the percentage of homes in various San Diego County zip codes in which the homes are worth less than what their current "owners" paid for them. It is essentially a vintages phenomenon, at least so far,...
From the indefatigably and empirically apocalyptic Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, this ode to the ongoing awfulness of the banking and financial situation in Eastern Europe. Failure to save East Europe will lead to worldwide meltdown The unfolding debt drama in Russia, Ukraine,...
