New Orleans The more I get my arms around the current American health system, the more I’m convinced we all need real help and representation and need it badly. Two hugely disturbing cases of predatory abuse in the current health care system underscore my concerns. One was a story as old as usurious interest …
Month: October 2013
How Much Puff versus Pay in Proposed JP Morgan Chase Settlement?
New Orleans My goodness, hysteria has broken out among the financial chattering class with the news of a $13 billion proposed settlement between JP Morgan Chase and the Justice Department and Federal Housing Finance Agency over the bank’s handling of the mortgage crisis. The lead editorial in the Wall Street Journal claimed variously that parts …
The Circle will be Broken by Boredom: Eggers & 1984
New Orleans I’m not sure that I could be classified as a Dave Eggers fan, but not being that much of a fiction reader, I’ve actually read a good sampling of his books, and I am an admirer of his imagination, his topicality, and his ambition. Of the four Eggers’ books I’ve now read, two …