Posts Tagged ‘ Rome ’

Is the Collapsing Empire and Its Police State Worth Fighting For?

Dec 1st, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, International, Politics
In 43 BC, over 2,000 years ago, warring consuls Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian were duking it out with each other over control of Rome following Julius Caesar’s assassination the prior March. Each had legions at his disposal, and Rome’s terrified Senate sat on its hands waiting for the outcome. Ultimately, the three ...read more


After Gods, Heroes and Gold Comes the Age of Lint

Oct 9th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
When Ben Bernanke gave his speech to the London School of Economics, our reporter was on the scene. Terry Easton put a tough question to America's central banker: aren't your interventions just making the situation worse, he wanted to know. Amid the blah...blah...blah...of Bernanke's response was this: "The tendency of financial systems ...read more