The Dismal Crafts

From naked capitalism:

• Inefficient financial markets and implications.
• Bank of America and the foreclosure mess.  Part I.  Part II.  Skullduggery, chicanery, and plain dishonesty.

From Shakesville:

• Criminalizing pregnancy and suicide.  (Also mental illness and being Asian.)

From Toronto's The Globe and Mail, via James Davis Nicoll:

The news network, which is owned by Quebecor Inc. and has made a name for itself by slamming rivals such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. for relying on government subsidies, has asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to grant it “mandatory carriage,” which means it would be included in every basic cable package across the country.

I remember the luxury of being able to plan for the future...