The White Individual and the Black Collective

Considering the fact that race represents such an enormous sub-stratum of American society, it is intriguing to me that it is discussed so infrequently. And when it is discussed, it runs along a distorted axis from painfully insincere to outright indignation. I suppose this is due to the heavily emotional nature of race and the fact that so much guilt and shame, anger and frustration are

Liar's Poker

Let me say that I have always been of the opinion that one can make "mad" money only by the most unscrupulous and amoral means in the financial sector. I just finished reading Michael Lewis' best seller, Liar's Poker and Mr. Lewis, himself a past player in the game, confirmed my belief. I wake up to the radio in the morning and by some odd means my station is now on NPR, so I wake up to all