Control failures in terms of the housing market, reported in Reuters: Critics of the system argue scores are full of errors and dangerous to use alone. They also are easy to manipulate. A cottage industry has thrived helping prospective borrowers raise their scores without changing their underlying ability to repay a mortgage. “There are fundamental … Continue reading US mortgage crisis
by Irving Feldman Among the absolute graffiti which —stenciled, stark, ambiguous-command from empty walls and vacant lots, POST NO BILLS, NO TRESPASSING HERE: age and youth-Diogenes, say, and Alexander, dog-philosophy and half-divine, too-human imperium-” colliding, linger to exchange ideas about proprietorship of the turf. Hey, mister, you don’t own the sidewalk! Oh yeah? Yeah! the … Continue reading The City and Its Own
I have discussed this for years in terms of international security, and now Amnesty International is claiming they have proof of Chinese directly fueling the conflict in Sudan: The human rights group says Russia and China have transferred arms and ammunition to Sudan “aware that many such arms are being deployed… for direct attacks on … Continue reading Weapons Flow into Darfur
Interesting to find the Governor of Kansas indirectly criticizing the President and Iraq war: Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius also visited the town, which lies about 120 miles (200km) west of Wichita in southern Kansas. She said the state’s response would be negatively affected because emergency equipment such as trucks, tents and trailers had been sent … Continue reading Kansas recovery hampered