Without having to restate the obvious, things are bad.

The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the computer systems in New York State that handle unemployment claims and insurance were so inundated with post-holiday demand that the system crashed... and in more ways than one, I would opine.… Read full post »

Doctors have been reporting cases of people who believe that their lives are being filmed and broadcast as a reality TV series. The 'Truman Syndrome' -- referencing the 1998 movie, The Truman Show -- is a condition where afflicted patients are thoroughly convinced that, as stars of their show, everyt… Read full post »

A few years ago, Fight Club tried to speak for a generation of males who presumably felt they had no real identity other than that which their money could buy. It struck a nerve with guys who might describe themselves as "spriritual but not religious", who didn't like their jobs but… Read full post »

Speaking more as a consumer and survivor of the mostly-pointless American education system, it really doesn't come as a huge surprise that a financial breaking point is being reached by the very institutions that orchestrated the lending mess in the first place. It's quite puzzling, actually, that th… Read full post »