The people I know who work in the arts, and I include myself, do so bcause it's who we are. It's not a job or career; it's a calling and not always welcome, and no one I know is naive enough to think that they'll get rich from it. Historically great civilizations produce great art. We, however, cut art budgets at the f...more

I lost 2/3 of my retirement and I don't even own a home. I cannot comprehend how websites like this one and, for example, CNBC, can continue in most articles to speak to us the public as though we were all rich and just around the corner lay even greater prosperity. My net worth now is the same as 12 years ago and, tha...more

Most people on "welfare" are single parents, usually mothers, with dependent children. Just for the record.

Having lived  and worked in Europe for the past twenty years, I am often astonished at how ignorant and prejudiced the business establishment in the US is about how Europe actually functions.The model that seems accepted by most Americans is that Europe teeters on the edge of some mythical socialist/communist takeover,...more

I guess I've misunderstood what has been going on since 2008. I thought greedy bankers (and Republican deregulation) "wrecked" the economy, and Washington's problem was that it was unable to agree on how to fix the resulting mess. Was it Humpty Dumpty or the king's horses and king's men who "wrecked" the economy?