I've lost count of how many billionaires have been nominated for appointment. Have we hit a dozen yet? The swamp is being drained! Pretty soon there will be no alligators there! They'll all have cabinet posts.

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