{"id":4273,"date":"2011-02-16T18:17:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T01:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=4273"},"modified":"2011-02-16T18:17:19","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T01:17:19","slug":"why-isnt-wall-street-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/16\/why-isnt-wall-street-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"“Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking of writers who can be wonderful to read even when you don’t agree with their every utterance<\/i> Matt Taibi has a new piece in Rolling Stone<\/i><\/a>, “Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail?”<\/p>\n

While I think a better question is “Why is the federal government in bed with Wall Street and why are they performing abnormal acts on millions of unconsenting adults?” it’s still a good read.<\/p>\n

Taibi is right up there with Glenn Greenwald<\/a>, Robert Scheer<\/a>, Sam Smith<\/a>, and Nat Hentoff<\/a> among writers I admire for their integrity, reasoning power, humanity, or writing skill, even though conventional wisdom says they’re in some other region of the political spectrum than I. Another one I like (because he’s wickedly funny and a sharp observer) is Mark Morford<\/a> — although he’s such a bigot about guns I avoid the blood-pressure spike caused by those<\/i> columns. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaking of writers who can be wonderful to read even when you don’t agree with their every utterance Matt Taibi has a new piece in Rolling Stone, “Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail?” While I think a better question is “Why is the federal government in bed with Wall Street and why are they performing abnormal acts on millions of unconsenting adults?” it’s still a good read. Taibi is right up there with Glenn Greenwald, Robert Scheer, Sam Smith, and Nat Hentoff among writers I admire for their integrity, reasoning power, humanity, or writing skill, even though conventional wisdom says…<\/p>\n

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