Apparently, as he watched the potential agreement for his $700 billion financial bailout package fall apart in a sea of acrimony yesterday, President Bush remarked, with surprising eloquence: “If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down.” He’s not kidding. Yesterday, with the demise of Washington Mutual, we saw the largest bank failure in [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2008’
Why you won’t see me marrying a NASCAR dad
My daughter and I went to our first NASCAR event at Riverhead Raceway last weekend (you can read how that came about here) and it was a real eye opener for both of us. As my daughter commented when we waiting to buy refreshments, “It’s not at all like going to watch the US Open [...]
The more things change, the more they remain McSame
As an author of books for teens, I’m a firm believer that fiction can help young people work through feelings and situations without having to experience them. Or, at a time in their life when they feel like they are the only one who is fat, ugly, and dorky (I felt all of these and [...]
