Jonah Hill and Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street A couple weeks ago, a woman named Christina McDowell published a scathing essay in LA Weekly attacking The Wolf of Wall Street, its director Martin Scorsese and its star Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie, a three-hour orgiastic comedy about Wall Street con men, is based…
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Mark Stephanz, a senior investment banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, was sure his decision to come out of the closet would end his career. He had been at the firm for over 20 years, and everyone knew him as a straight, married man with three children. So he knew…
The American public has a huge lack of knowledge about investments. The reasons for this are numerous. The education system doesn’t teach kids about personal finance. People generally aren’t interested in investing. Plus the rules of the game are purposely made complicated to act as a barrier to learning. The less the public knows about…
They’re still young and they’re still not “entitled,” as so many of their parents’ generation are wont to declare them. They are the Millennials; they are Echo Boomers; they are Generation Y. If entitlement means a feeling that whatever I want, I have the right to take – regardless of whom the taking is from,…
If there is one food that America is definitely known for, it has to be the hamburger. For centuries, we have been consuming them avidly. Just look around, everywhere you turn you can find a new hamburger joint popping up. It almost seems like the clock has been turned back 50 years – when diners…
Psychiatrist Gerald May begins his book Addiction and Grace with a bold statement, “I am convinced that all human beings have an inborn desire for God”. Although many of us live with such hope, many people don’t have that experience – at least they’re not aware of it until they are in crisis or at…
Influenced by the protests and removal of former Egyptian president Muhammad Mubarak, Canadian anti-consumerism group Adbusters (best known for its self titled magazine) makes a public proposal to occupy Wall Street Sept. 17 with the demand for President Obama to create a presidential commission to end the influence of money on politics and government. Less…
Day 1 (Friday, Oct 7): Occupy San Diego begins at Children’s Park Day 2 (Saturday, Oct 8): San Diego Civic Center occupied (occupiers later rename it Freedom Square) Day 3 (Sunday, Oct 9): Canvas for a Cause (CFAC) creates an LGBT safe space tent Day 5 (Tuesday, Oct 11): SAME holds teach-in on the LGBT…
