In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. The U.S. dollar is that one-eyed man.
David A. Rosenberg, chief economist at Gluskin Sheff & Associates in Toronto, on the euro crisisTHIS CRISIS WON'T STOP MOVING - Reported by Gretchen Morgenson - New York Times
Reported by Gretchen Morgenson
YOU know we’re in trouble when we’re told that the economic problems in Greece, Portugal and Spain, the most indebted countries in the euro zone, are likely to remain safely contained in those nations.
I've known people who have had credit cards, and I've seen what can happen if you get behind and how hard it is to get out of debt.
Emily Maddox, who refuses to own a credit cardMORE CONSUMERS JUST SAY NO TO CREDIT CARDS - Reported by Sandra Block - USA Today
The deaths among pregnant women are devastating. This is supposed to be a great time in their lives. Then the mom dies and the baby survives.
Dr. Janice Louie, chief of the influenza and respiratory diseases of the Calif. Dept. of Public HealthA FAMILY LEFT BEHIND BY THE H1N1 VIRUS - Reported by Shari Roan - LA Times
It would have been very bad. I knew we were on the brink when blue-chip industrial companies were having trouble raising money.
Henry Paulson, former US Treasury SecretaryPAULSON CALLS FOR MORE FINANCIAL REGULATORY POWER - Reported by NPR Staff - NPR
Up until now, my car has been great. I haven’t had any problems. After this, I gave serious thought to trading in my car, but my concern was that it’s probably worth about a dollar.
Rachael White, 29, who took her Toyota Camry in to be repairedSOME TOYOTA OWNERS VOICE AN ERODING LOYALTY - Reported by Nick Bunkley - New York Times
We have been warning since September 11 that . . . al-Qaeda-inspired terrorists remain committed to striking the United States. What is different is that we have names and faces to go with that warning. We are therefore seeing the reality.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. BlairAL-QAEDA IS A WOUNDED BUT DANGEROUS ENEMY - Reported by Joby Warrick and Peter Finn - Washington Post
I’m extremely disappointed that you would campaign for John McCain. He is not a conservative. It makes me wonder if you really believe what you say.
Patricia Brown, one of Sarah Palin's Facebook fansSARAH PALIN BREWS TROUBLE FOR TEA PARTY - Reported by Tony Allen-Mills - The Times of London (UK)
States are going to face a huge problem because they’ll have to find some way to replace these billions, either with cuts to their K-12 systems or by finding alternative revenues.
Bruce Baker, an education professor at Rutgers UniversityWITH FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY GONE, MANY SCHOOLS FACE BUDGET GAPS - Reported by Sam Dillon - New York Times
I’m 60 years old. And because of Drew Brees, and these Saints, I can die happy.
Bill Becknell, who served as ball boy on the first Saints team in 1967PRECISE UNDER PRESSURE, BREES COMPLETES HIS QUEST - Reported by Greg Bishop - New York Times
In Bolano's fiction, the poets, victims of coups and revolutions, are obsessed with power, naturally enough; and the powerful, more oddly, are obsessed with poetry.
Will Blythe for The New York Times Book ReviewMONSIEUR PAIN by Roberto Bolano
