After heavy meditation, I manage to calm my nerves and hold the panic down for a bit. Then I turn on the news...

It seems that the two top candidates for Treasury are Jamie Dimon - yes, that Jamie Dimon - and a munchkin Mnunchin.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich