I have probably mentioned it, but the market is currently trading about where it ought to be, without the ridiculous speculation that has been driving it. It may go down farther, but there are adults in the room, for a change. I don't know how much good they can do - the entrenched interests are mucho resistant - but at least there is a countervailing force, which hasn't existed for at least 8 years.

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