Rick Santelli is a chump. It pains me to say so.  I wanted so much to watch his infamous “Rant” video on CNBC and say, “Hear! Hear!”  But I can’t bring myself to do it.

Whoever said irony died after 9/11 clearly didn’t anticipate this.

Yes folks, it’s the “fiscal responsibility summit,” not to be confused with the “fiscal wakeup tour” chronicled in I.O.U.S.A.

Time magazine has again demonstrated its irrelevance in the Internet age with a fatuous feature called “25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis.”

I know we’re only three and a half weeks into the new administration.  But I think it’s already time that informed lay people can start guessing how long Tim Geithner will last as Treasury Secretary.

I can’t decide if this is a case of cluelessness, stubbornness, or both.

I can’t decide if this is a case of cluelessness, stubbornness, or both.  See, I try not to pay attention to the doings of the power elite when they gather each year for their conclave in Davos, Switzerland.

When Bob Woodward slaps together his next instant-history book about the Panic of ‘08 (c’mon, you just know he’s going to), I imagine the book will open with the events of September 18-19, 2008.

As I ponder the twin taxpayer shakedowns of the “stimulus” bill and “Son of TARP,” a couple of impertinent questions cross my mind.