Collecting My Thoughts

Although President Obama complained for 6-7 years about President Bush and the economy he inherited, you didn't hear him mention the rec...

General Eric Holder's Department of Justice has used its "Operation Choke Point" to manipulate banks and third-party payment p...

Another favorite lie of Obama is the BIG ONE--income gap/inequality. Few remember this but Bush took office with the effects of the 1999 rec...

The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) evolved to the mess that gave us lower standards for mortgages and the meltdown of 2007. Now ...

These guys want to strengthen the Carter era legislation of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) which helped create our current recession and e...

Isn't that just so sweet. James R. Hagerty wrote , Bank of America, "a corporate partner of ACORN" is going to end its relatio...

Was it just two years ago we woke up to the damage the sub-prime loans and putting people into mortgage products they couldn't possibly ...

The housing mess has a long history We've all seen the pressure to lower standards and make homeowners of people who can't save the ...

Barney the dog has left DC We'll enjoy the memories of his antics. Barney the Frank is still there, marauding through the halls of Cong...

Two ways to judge the economy of the 21st century If you're retired, or were near retirement in 2000, as I was, just go back and look at...

From Community Organizer to President of the World An amazingly brief journey when you consider how little we know about the building blocks...

Unintended consequences My favorite breakfast is a sliced Honey Crisp apple (preferably huge and from Minnesota, but I'll take Michigan ...

The sale of National City, pt.2 I'm still looking for my last dividend check--the one for thirty two cents. The top three executives wil...

Let's stop grilling CEOs For now. I don't care if they make $90 million a minute, if it's legal and their stockholders don't...

Gramm-Leach-Bliley "Democrats largely supported it at the time, and one of their own, Bill Clinton, signed it. Now they frame it as a ...

A bank regulator tells his side John Corby on 610 a.m. in Columbus offers a call-in show with topics from uses for bacon (yesterday) to wha...

John Kerry unhinged Watched him on Fox last night. A scary dude. So glad he was defeated in Ohio in 2004 which kept him out of the White H...

The bad news, the good news Burning down the house. The bad news is that Obama will probably be our next president; the good news is the De...