Collecting My Thoughts

"Washington’s new favorite subprime lender is none other than Uncle Sam. In a little noticed report last week—make that not noticed at ...

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

Where was the investigative reporting three years ago? The Wall Street Journal top notch investigative reporters, who could find every flaw...

How they destroyed our economy Remember how we all chuckled at the "community organizer" jokes at the Republican Convention? Oh, ...

More wrong headlines Greenspan admits errors Now maybe the Democrats can take the stand and admit their errors? Don't hold your breath. ...

Bailing with a hole in the bucket Guest blogger Murray says: I know that you know it is not too comforting knowing that the same people who ...

Sub-prime, from the archives I wrote this April 25, 2007, complaining about the way the topic was written up in USAToday . It began with the...

If the builders knew why didn't Barry and Barney? "Approximately $216 billion in subprime and Alt-A mortgages will reset for the fi...

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...

Looking back at the mortgage mess I wrote this in April 2007. The mortgage and credit mess has expanded and spread. But this is all still t...

Predatory Borrowers Tyler Cowen at NYT writes : "IT’S NOT JUST THE LENDERS There has been plenty of talk about “predatory lending,” b...

Can WSJ writers find a real victim? I've complained here many times about the "news" stories in the Wall St. Journal, WaPo, a...

Greenspan bursts some bubbles Demand driven by expection I think is a fancy phrase for greed "I do not doubt that a low U.S. federal-fu...

Taxpayer bailout for subprime borrowers? Why not? The government bails out both agribusiness and the small farmer, the corporations and t...

4236 Subprime late payments A chart in today's WSJ showed the number of people keeping up with mortgage payments on subprime loans is i...

4151 Fannie, Fred and Sam and the subprime mess Most of the folks both parties in Congress want to bail out of the widening home mortgage...

4095 That's why it's called risk Sometimes it is good when Rush Limbaugh has a guest host. The guy he has on today, Mark Belling of...

4056 Lenders are tightening their standards Apparently, you're going to need a good credit rating and 10% down to get a home loan. Now...