February 9, 2009
It is 2009 and the economy has tanked. Subprime mortgage lending was the domino that started the whole mess a-falling. Worst of all, there is no end in sight to the recession we’ve slid into.
The good news is that, in the midst of the mess, there is a rare opportunity to take a look at [...]
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January 16, 2009
Lots of consumer groups, bloggers, and tradmedia commentators are calling for the Obama administration to reinstate the White House Office of Consumer Affairs, a long-dead consumer advocate division of the executive branch.
Obama needs to do this. Consumers need someone in government looking out for their best interests, someone who can cry foul to the President [...]
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Revised Comment Policy
January 5, 2010We get all kinds of comments here. Some are helpful and relevant, others are barely-coherent, ad hominem diatribes. Lots are somewhere in between. Until now, I have approved nearly every non-spam comment. No more.