It’s rally time on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a positive day for the eighth day in a row to hit a year-long high amidst the longest streak since April of 2007. Before you get too excited about this bit of green-shoots news from the boys on murderer’s row, let’s consider the cause and consequences.
I’m frequently told how easy life is for me. Always by people who think life is difficult for them, as they go on to explain.
According to these tortured souls, life is hard because they haven’t made the necessary psychological commitment to the notion of a world economic collapse. And I have, so I have it easy.
I was interviewed on Arizona Illustrated tonight about my latest book, Living with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-first Century. I had chatted with the program’s host, Bill Buckmaster, for about 30 minutes before we taped the segment. He took a few mental notes.