Edward B. Rackley

Installment #1
by Edward B. Rackley

Edward B. Rackley

Edward B. Rackley

Edward B. Rackley

Edward B. Rackley

Thanks to our financial turmoil, radio talk shows can now probe deeper than the usual 'house of cards' metaphor when reporting the quakes of late capitalism to economic illiterates like me. Experts of every stripe are sharing their views on a topic long-shrouded in patriotic orthodoxy. How often in public discourse do Americans openly question the omniscience of the Invisible Hand, a modern myth of cosmologic proportions?

Edward B. Rackley

Thanks to our financial turmoil, radio talk shows can now probe deeper than the usual 'house of cards' metaphor when reporting the quakes of late capitalism to economic illiterates like me. Experts of every stripe are sharing their views on a topic long-shrouded in patriotic orthodoxy. How often in public discourse do Americans openly question the omniscience of the Invisible Hand, a modern myth of cosmologic proportions?

Edward B. Rackley

The final scene of the 1968 Planet of the Apes (Rod Serling script, starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall) is worth enduring the tortuous acting. It's a very different ending from the 2001 remake with Mark Wahlberg, and distinguishes the original Apes as true science fiction. Marky Mark's version is a generic action film.