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Living With Meaning: Look At Yourself From A Distance

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Self Detachment, The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Stress, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Sense of Humor, Crisis, Rodney Dangerfield, Living News
Alex Pattakos

The ad in a London newspaper read, "Unemployed. Brilliant mind offers its services completely free; the survival of the body must be provided for by ...

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America: Get Your Financial Act Together

Diane Francis | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Ayatollahs, U.S. Economy, Meltdown, Economy, U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, Credit Default Swaps, Global Crisis, Global Rescue Effort, g20, U.S. Recession, Housing Crisis, Fraud, Aig, Iran, Wall Street Crisis, Worldwide Recession, Wall Street, Bailout, Atomic Bombs, u.s. Economy Problems, Real Estate Bubble, Skullduggery, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Tech Bubble, Business News
Diane Francis

It would be as irrational to allow the Ayatollahs to build bombs as it would be to allow Wall Streeters to run amok again building their weapons of financial mass destruction.

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Crisis = Disaster + Opportunity: Yin And Yang, And What China Knows About The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

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Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This lack of balance is why we need more women involved in leading the world's economy. There is simply too much of a male-focused approach and it is not working!

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The Bush Legacy: Haunted By Mistakes

Markus Ziener | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Iraq, Crisis, Legacy, Bush, Bush Legacy, George Bush Legacy, Politics News
Markus Ziener

Bush's presidency may someday be seen in a milder light, because in the last two years of his administration, he was able to pull off an inconspicuous, but in many ways fundamental, change of course.

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Can You Deal With Life's "Crises"?

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Living News, The Balanced Life, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Coping Maxim, Viktor Frankl, The Giving Life, Health, The Inner Life, Giving, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Crisis, Stress, Living News
Alex Pattakos

Faced with an economic crisis, a housing crisis, a healthcare crisis, a global warming crisis, and a "war on terror" that appears to have no end in si...

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Our Cry For Meaning: Aggression, Addiction, Depression

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.05.2008 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Attitude, Balanced Life, Meaning, Stress, Aggression, Living With Meaning, Alex Pattakos, Viktor Frankl, Addiction, Depression, Crisis, Tom Cruise, Living News
Alex Pattakos

Some 50 years ago, the world-renown psychiatrist and Nazi concentration camp survivor, Dr. Viktor Frankl, called attention to three major societal ill...

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Default Swaps and Denuded Swamps

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Environmental Crisis, Wake Up Call, Subprime Lending, November 5, Climate Change, Environment, Crisis, Obama, 1 Trillion, Taxpayers, Wall Street, Self Destruction, Financial Meltdown, Global Warming, Green News
Jeff Schweitzer

After eight years of neglect, climate change requires immediate attention. Let us respond with urgency, with humility, and with an eye on Wall Street as a reminder of our errant ways.

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The Old Order Falls

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Social Instability, Change, Unemployment, Hope, Economy, Crisis, Wall Street, Main Street, Financial Crisis, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

Unquestioned faith in the old order produces shock and panic as one pillar after another crumbles and falls. So it is with cursedly interesting times.

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Just Where/When Has McCain Led in Any Crisis? His Only 2 Speeds are Lame and Impetuous

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: President Kennedy, Leadership, John McCain, Cuban Missile Crisis, Robert Kennedy, Crisis, 2008 Election, Politics News
Paul Abrams

I may have missed it, but I never read of John McCain's leading anything in that crisis. And, thankfully. With his impulsive leadership style, we might not be here writing about it.

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The Nightmare Has Not Ended: Be Very Scared

Danny Schechter | Posted 10.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Nationalization, Africa, FInancial Markets, Panic, Banks, Crisis, Fear, Plunder, Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Danny Schechter

Is anyone surprised that the markets would go up after billions of dollars were "injected" into ailing markets? Think of that as an injection of penic...

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Obama Will Be One of The Greatest (and Most Loved) American Presidents

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: A Prediction of Obama's Success, Faith in Obama, President Obama, Pension, Great Presidents, Barack Obama, Lincoln, Stock Market, Crisis, Roosevelt, Marine, George Washington, Republican, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Obama is our last best chance. He's worth laying it all on the line for. I say this as a former life-long Republican. I say this as the proud father of a Marine.

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Free Markets, Free Trade & Death

Dan Kovalik | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Undiscovered Tribes, Peru, Wall Street, Bailout, Economy, Free Trade, Crisis, Capitalism, Indigenous, Free Trade Agreement, Politics News
Dan Kovalik

While the effects of free trade in Peru are horrendous, the good news is that people there are fighting back.

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Booby-trapping the Presidency

John Feffer | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Crisis, Presidential Debates, Wall Street, Sarah Palin, Politics News
John Feffer

Reposted from Foreign Policy In Focus An army in retreat often destroys the land so that it can't be used by the adversary. This scorched earth polic...

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Republican "Workout" Is A Cop Out

Ron Grande | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Washington, Main Street, House Republicans, Ideology, Ideological, Workout, Paulson, Wall Street Crisis, Credit, Bailout, Wall Street, Securities, Crisis, Financial, Republicans, Free Market, Political, Home News
Ron Grande

The House Republicans will be to blame for any calamities that may yet be in store for our economy. Their objection to the modified Paulson Plan was not ideological, it was political.

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The Fed's Furtive Ease

Michael Pento | Posted 09.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Crisis, Aig, Bailout, Finanicals, Fed, Economy, Wall Street Crisis, Deflation, Inflation, Business News
Michael Pento

The recent moves by the Fed and the Administration will ensure that the most salient problem facing our country's future will be inflation.

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Jed Lewison

Obama: McCain's Economic Crisis Response "Katrina-Like...Just Sorta Stood There"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Video, John McCain, Financial Meltdown, Katrina, Bailout, Barack Obama, Crisis, Politics News

Barack Obama rolls out a new line during a rally in Michigan on Sunday, saying John McCain's response to the financial meltdown was "Katrina-like": S...

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Jed Lewison

McCain On His Debate Drama: "I Am A Betting Man"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gambling, Video, John McCain, Craps, Bailout, Crisis, Betting, Politics News

If you got the sense that John McCain's personal debate drama reflected his love for gambling (his game of choice is craps)...well, you were right, at...

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McCain: send your VP Palin to debate Obama

Diane Francis | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Crisis, Sarah Palin Vice President, Debate, John McCain, Mississippi Debate, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Diane Francis

If John McCain is too busy saving America to debate Obama tomorrow, why not send Sarah Palin to take him on? After all, he handpicked her and insists ...

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My Conversation with Alan Blinder and Steven Pearlstein

Charlie Rose | Posted 09.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Crisis, Paulson, Economy, Charlie Rose, Business News
Charlie Rose

2008-09-24-charlierose923.jpgWe discussed the crisis on Wall Street and the government's ongoing ongoing efforts to secure the strength of our economy.

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The McCain Who Cried Wolf

Patrick Barry | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Russia, Iraq War, Iran, Wolf, War on Terror, Terrorism, Crisis, Financial Crisis, Mccain, Iraq, North Korea, John McCain, Home News
Patrick Barry

McCain's tendency for hysterics is not just an issue of exaggeration: it's also about prioritization.

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Bad Laws Pass Fast

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I will say one thing about the plan that is being floated by Bush and Congress right now -- laws that pass quickly almost always turn out to be bad ones. Think USA PATRIOT Act.

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Dodd Bailout Bill More Aggressive Than Treasury Plan, Forgoes "Blank Check"

Politico | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hank Paulson, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Crisis, Financial Crisis, Chris Dodd, Finance, Economy, Politics News

Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd is taking much more aggressive approach to the Treasury bailout plan, demanding foreclosure assistance, li...

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The Crisis and "the Crisis"

Rick Ayers | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Aviva Chomsky, Crisis, McCain Economy, Global Economy, Marxism, Globalization, Business News
Rick Ayers

The question that keeps coming back to me is: why are no capitalist big-shots jumping out of windows?

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Cowardly New World

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Dregulation Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, Hank Paulson, Bail-Out, Fiscal Stimulus, Dollar Value, Crisis, Treasury Secretary, Recession, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

Are we rallying based on the idea that strings attached help and that heavy regulation will triumph over global recession and a public no better able to pay its bills?

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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