Day: September 28, 2008

The bailout

Officially titled the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008," the plan to rescue the financial system of the US has ballooned from 3 pages to 110 (pdf). Others with more time (and experience) than I have looked at it in more detail (see this NY Times article, for example), concluding that this bill is needed … Continue reading The bailout →

The Pulpit Speaks: May 3, 1958

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. The evening shadows had gathered and 13 hounded men had gathered in an upper room to eat their final meal. Suddenly, one speaks up and makes the rest of them mindful that the … Continue reading The Pulpit Speaks: May 3, 1958 →