Dear Friend and Reader: AMERICANS AND Congress finally stood up to the Bush administration this week, dumping a $700 billion bailout package for banks that were run by guys whose conduct would have had them thrown out of a casino. Monday, hours after the Libra New Moon, the nation — literally, anyone who could get … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: YESTERDAY, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, the White House and the two presidential candidates agreed to an additional $700 billion rescue of the nation’s financial system in the wake of last week’s Wall Street meltdown. By last night, the agreement had unraveled, spurred by a revolt in the Republican caucus of the House of … Read more
“A WATERSHED moment.” “A crossroads.” “Things will never be the same again.” “Is anybody awakening to the fact that there is a new reality at hand?” These words were spoken in the space of five minutes on CNN’s Lou Dobbs program Wednesday night. By now, most of us know — at least in outline form, … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: ON SUNDAY, Betty Dodson begins her 80th year on the planet. The Kansas-bred sex educator and artist is one of the patron saints of Planet Waves, and in honor of her birthday I’m here to devote an astrology and cultural sexuality class to her chart. Please, put on something comfortable, get … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: WE ARE PUBLISHING on the eve of Friday’s total solar eclipse in Leo, and time permits me just a few more comments. We covered it in last week’s edition and in our daily as well. I consider eclipses to be a kind of religious event, worthy of stopping everything for. They are akin to the … Read more