no hero here

Is it possible to be a hero on the side waging an unjust war?

gold bug, gold slug

Gold is an inert metal, and an inert investment, in the sense that gold merely holds value: It doesn’t have the creative and generative economic value of an equity or bond investment.

last parking place

Two things that create dead space in cities: parking garages and cemeteries.

divisible eye

To update a 60’s protest chant: “The whole world is watching different channels!”

discomfiting thought

Comfort mongers among us.

only ankle deep

The rich claim they’re being soaked when the bottoms of their pants’ legs get wet.

slack learning curve

Some workers think that experience is knowing where the restrooms are and how much time you have for lunch.

one myth too many

Show me a self-made man, and in seconds I’ll scratch through to the social clay from which he was molded.

scar shaped like a smile

To see gloating global capitalism get its comeuppance was almost worth the financial pain of 2008-2009.

nothing obscured

Birds will alight on the branch that gives them the best vantage point.