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Negative interest
Modern finance has seen many innovations in the last 20 years. The Black-Scholes-Merton theory promised risk-free investment if it was properly hedged, or insured through market based options. That spawned a whole new category of investment in derivatives, or re-selling of insurance that nearly anything might go wrong.MORE »
Haiti: Thoughts on the second anniversary of the earthquake
There are, of course, many perspectives about realities in Haiti. Following are three for the second anniversary of the earthquake, January 12, 2010. Comments are solicited. Access here. MORE »
A rainy day in DC, marching to close Guantanamo
It's hard to know what to do, as mere citizens, to try and fix things so many years after the United States government decided it did not have to follow its own laws, the Geneva Conventions or the jus cogens torture prohibition.MORE »
Terror in the name of immodesty
Earlier this year, a friend and I were returning to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. It being summer and us coming from the beach, my friend was wearing a long dress that covered everything expect her shoulders. As we were walking out of the central bus station to catch a local bus home, a woman approaches my friend and says to her:MORE »
Hunger Beat Down: 5,000 drummers sound the alarm about starvation
It's not so much about the rhythm as the cause.MORE »
For those who love Israel, enough is enough
What are we to make of the recent flood of stories on religious extremism coming from Israel?MORE »
Baby steps, maybe, toward rational military spending
President Obama's proposal for defense spending actually involves reductions. If you look at all closely, though, they ain't much.MORE »
OPINION | Israel's Rosa Parks
Many Americans know about Rosa Parks, who became the “mother of the modern-day civil rights movement,” when she refused to surrender her seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, on Dec. 1, 1955.MORE »
March and rally against torture planned for Monday, Jan 9
On Monday, Jan 9, 2011, at 10:45 AM, we will gather at Government plaza (5th St between 3rd and 4th Avenues, Minneapolis). Wear your orange jump suit with black hood, if you have one. If not, we have some that can be purchased for $10.
At 11:00, we will begin a silent march through the skyways to St. Thomas University School of Law.MORE »
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