Nobody should be permitted unaccountable power.

Banks can keep someone they don't like out of the financial system.

Confidently seeing good and evil for what they are - and fighting for the side of right.

Reformers have tried to civilize Islam - and failed.

What happens when two corrupt political machines fight over a city?

Competition between China, India - and maybe Russia.

How fiscal contamination can take down the whole banking system.

Selling financial products is not like selling lettuce.

Big banks, even successful ones, are far too hazardous to our economy.

Government fixes generally make things worse.