American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

It’s time to stop digging. The hole is deep enough!

“There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
Now doesn’t that say it all about the geniuses at Citibank, Lehman, WaMu, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and the other failing organizations?
I don’t think that there is any way to save [...]

The Gay Marriage Vote in California

It was one of the most unpleasant surprises that the people of California reversed their state’s position on gay marriage.  That state has been on the forefront of changing attitudes towards gays and lesbians.  I am greatly disappointed that its citizens let themselves be swayed in the wrong direction by groups pandering to their fears.  [...]

Robert Rubin is a subprime asset

Thank goodness the press is finally starting to report factually about this turkey. Until now, Rubin has been shrouded in an absurdly heroic mantle. Goldman boy to Golden boy! Shrinker of the debt! Rubinomics! As if he invented the notion that our country shouldn’t carry and service a massive national debt. That he was ever [...]

Reviewing the dry cleaners of Dutch Kills

I’ve lived in Dutch Kills, a subsection of Long Island City, for the past seven years and have never relied on the dry cleaners here. Mostly, that’s because I didn’t know we had any.
So I’ve been humping shirts back and forth from Irving Place in Manhattan near where I work. Nada mas! I locating [...]

Think this wine needs to breathe?

It’s called The Rainman and it’s by Swedish designer Matilda Sundén Ringnér.
A more clever blogger than I called it “purple rain.”

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