Journal: Five Myths Debunked–Treasury Run by Crooks

I asked my good friend Marshall Auerback, an investment advisor and lawyer by training and a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, to evaluate Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s claim that TARP has been a stunning success.  Geithner made this claim in a 10 October op-ed in the Washington Post, entitled, “Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tackles …

Michael Bloomberg, Vice President for Education, Intelligence, & Research — Creating a Smart Nation

Robert David Steele Recovering spy, serial pioneer for open and public intelligence Posted: October 7, 2010 10:13 AM Michael Bloomberg, Vice President for Education, Intelligence, & Research — Creating a Smart Nation Click on Title to Read at Huffington Post and Make Comments. Below, as a memory aid and brought forward from the second post …

Dennis Kucinich, Vice President for the Commonwealth–and Some Details

Robert David Steele Recovering spy, serial pioneer for open and public intelligence Posted: October 5, 2010 08:57 AM Dennis Kucinich, Vice President for the Commonwealth–and Some Details Click on Title to Read at Huffington Post and/or Comment. Below, as a memory aid, are the previously identified elements and proposed leaders within the Vice Presidency for …

Worth a Look: Citizens, Banks, and Coal Mining

Phi Beta Iota: We decided to post a long email about helping a major international bank decide not to fund mountaintop removal coal projects for the following reasons: 1)  It illustrates the emergent power of focused citizen advocacy. 2)  It documents the modified behavior of select major banks. 3)  It highlights the complete fragmentation of …