rdan See…there are others like you. 🙂 (she wrote) Here’s the Story of the Day: Right Accessory Sometimes you just need the right accessory, she said & I said I know, sometimes it takes me an hour to pick the right head & she just ignored me.

rdan Angry Bear has evolved over time to become a magazine style publication involving a dozen or so authors of different political persuasions. These people change from time to time so the take on how we post can change to some degree and from time to time. Topics can and do include whatever each author […]

By Noni Mausa Courtesy of Science News, here, we find that mental disorders are actually under-diagnosed, rather than the other way around. Rates of common mental disorders double up Depression, anxiety and substance abuse may affect many more people than previously thoughtBy Bruce Bower Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Some mental disorders aren’t merely common—they’re the […]

by Linda Beale Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development–Levin Keynote Michigan’s Carl Levin gave the keynote address at the Washington conference of the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development. (For information on the organization, visit its website at http://www.financialtaskforce.org. Levin’s remarks, and soon a YouTube of the conference, are available here.). […]

by cactus Norman Borlaug, Michael Jackson, and the Invisible Hand When Adam Smith described the concept of laissez-faire capitalism, he argued that it was not just efficient but moral. As long as everyone acted in their own self-interest and the government did not interfere, the Invisible Hand would guide market forces toward the best possible […]

by reader Run “Great Benefit is like a Giant Slot Machine that never pays off”. The RainMaker, John Grisham Private Healthcare Insurance companies paid off for those from whom they can profit. The rest of us who are costly because of age, disorders, or illness are bound to find ourselves without private insurance and too […]

rdanText of President Obama’s speech to Wall Street in the New York Times is in the link. No pun intended…much. Mark Thoma carries the video. Few bloggers write extensive comments (Stiglitz an exception) except appear to be saying good bye to meaningful regulation. Barney Frank says regulation can happen by the end of November. Let […]

rdan Hat tip Noni Mausa: Tom Toles in the Washington Post offers us a grim reminder of the average persons’ problems and anticipations: