Monthly Archive for January, 2008

It’s the narrative, Stupid

As we know, the voting and polling so far show that we want a new narrative and we want change. But where is the new narrative? And change to what, at how much pain?
How about a new narrative that incorporates thermodynamics into accepted economic theory; that addresses the demand side as rigorously as the […]

Whodunit and forensic inquiry

By: Farooq Hassan
A team of Scotland Yard investigators has arrived in Pakistan to assist in the inquiry into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Earlier three different versions of the killing had come from the Islamabad authorities within the first three days of the tragedy of December 27, 2007. Then Musharraf appearing on […]

No Pain, No change

A question to consider: If our leading political candidates for President refuse to challenge the culture of global, unregulated, free market corporatism, and the broken narrative used to justify it, just how much change do we think there is going to be?
Has wishful thinking deluded some voters into thinking “hope” and […]

The more Pres. Bush Fails …

As I try to read the current political tea leaves, I see a strange paradox for Senator Clinton.
The apparent disarray shown by the Clinton campaign since Iowa suggests a lack of leadership skills in the face of an unexpected twist of fate.
So you have three odd strikes against Senator Clinton:
1. Her touted experience was fooled […]