As my “Miss Crankypants Business Writer” alter ego, I wrote about Citigroup’s breakup after the financial behemoth finally — finally! got the strong hint that it needed to debloat. Naturally, I likened Citigroup to Ozymandias. You know: My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, Read more…
My alter ego is no Sasha Fierce, but sometimes I unleash my inner financial services analyst demon. Here is the latest, for your enjoyment: The subprime mortgage crisis — what Henry Blodget and Adam Gopnik get wrong More and more analysts are seeking to shift the blame to regular Americans Read more…
The Frugal Media/Space Squid “Night of Optimistic SF” was a hit and I hope they do more. Readers included Matthew Bey, Fred Stanton, who read from his hilarious story “The Secret History of X” which combines the Lovecraftian Mythos with the eldritch horror that is Olivia Newton-John, as it only Read more…