Five Reasons Martha Stewart Can Take On Sarah Palin

Joanne Bamberger, 11.25.2009

Political/media analyst, author, founder of PunditMom political blog

My favorite recovering felon, Martha Stewart, was asked her thoughts on our most recent political pin-up girl Sarah Palin. I wasn't surprised that Martha didn't pull any punches.

Neiman Marcus Goes Budget

Meredith C. Carroll, 11.23.2009

Colorado Columnist

The extravagant offerings in Neiman Marcus' 83rd annual catalog do not disappoint. Restrictions and exclusions apply to Goldman Sachs employees and anyone named Madoff.

What Are You Thankful for?

Fortune's Stanley Bing, 11.23.2009

Fortune Magazine Columnist

I am thankful that Wall Street is still a festering sump pump of illogic, hubris and greed, and will continue to provide me with plenty to write about for the foreseeable future.

Imagining a Post-Bernie Madoff New York City

Steven Mesler, 11.19.2009

Director of Sculpture Fabrication, Milgo / Bufkin

There is no other organization in the city that covers as much ground as the Philoctetes Center. But it was gutted by Bernard Madoff, and its days are now numbered unless it gets a helping hand.

Absolute Corruption Is the Rule in America

David A. Love, 11.09.2009

Writer and human rights advocate based in Philadelphia

Often, people will look at a high-profile example of corruption, and conclude that the egregious act is an exception to the rule. In reality, it might be the tip of the iceberg.

The Smartest Guy in the Room

Dan Collins, 10.27.2009

New York Editor-At-Large of The Huffington Post

Shock waves from Judge Jed Rakoff's scathing denunciation of a proposed settlement between the SEC and the Bank of America are still rippling through Wall Street and Washington.

An Accidental Lesson in Responsibility

Michael Parrish DuDell, 10.08.2009

Founder and CEO of Project: Green Hero, Senior Editor for Ecorazzi.com and the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief for VEGdaily.com

The truth is the future of our society lies in the apathetic hands of my generation and the one below. And quite honestly that frightens me.

Celebrities Behaving Badly

BJ Gallagher, 10.06.2009

Sociologists tell us that deviance plays a positive role for society. Deviance shows us what happens with you cross certain boundaries - as well as what and where those boundaries are.

Merrill-BofA: Judge Jed Rakoff Exposes the Failures of the SEC

Georges Ugeux, 11.24.2009

Chairman and CEO, Galileo Global Advisors

Bank of America executives were paid $5.8 billion in bonuses when they merged with Merrill Lynch. Shareholders were not merely misled by the banks, but fed a bold-faced lie.

California's Own Bernie Madoff

Jerry Brown, 11.21.2009

Attorney General of California

Some called Beverly Hills financial adviser Stanley Chais an investment wizard, but in reality he was nothing more than a glorified middleman, channeling hundreds of millions of dollars in investors' funds to Bernie Madoff in New York.

Madoff and Miracles: How I Lost My Life's Savings and a Poem Saved My Life

Kim Rosen, 10.20.2009

Author of Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words

Poetry is a direct route to the riches of the interior life. It is available to everyone at any hour of the day or night, and it doesn't cost a thing.

The Scots and the Terrorist: He That Pities the Brute

Heather Robinson, 10.19.2009

Senior Writer for the New York Daily News

It seems pity is all too often reserved for people who commit acts of absolute, irrevocable evil. The worse the offense, the more automatic must be the mercy towards the perpetrator.

Why Britain Should Apologize for Releasing the Lockerbie Killer -- and Why it Won't

Vicky Ward, 09.25.2009

Contributing editor, Vanity Fair

Imagine if Bernie Madoff were to have cancer and he were to be released like the Lockerbie killer? There would, no doubt, rightly be outrage in the streets.

American Econ 101: Saturday TV 'Bait & Switch', Continental Confusion & Bernie

Mike Hegedus, 09.23.2009

Media consultant, former CNBC correspondent

I've got a few object lessons in American economic theory for you. This is the kind of stuff that makes us who we are, these are the economic principals that have separated us from the rest of the world.

10 Reasons Why People of Faith Should Support Healthcare Reform

Edward J. Murray, 09.12.2009

Recently retired President and CEO of Odyssey Networks

We must help the President and Congress do what we sent them to Washington to do: reform healthcare insurance coverage in the U.S. now. Even faith demands it. Doesn't it?

One Big Question for the Madoff Gang

Fortune's Stanley Bing, 09.12.2009

Fortune Magazine Columnist

For 25 years, you've taken the life savings from the elderly, the charitable, your best friends and their families. Suddenly you don't have the moxie to make a clean getaway? Why didn't these guys run away?

Andres Piedrahita Shamed By Media Into Leaving Mega-Yacht

Vicky Ward, 09.05.2009

Contributing editor, Vanity Fair

Last week, I wrote how Piedrahita, the major shareholder of a feeder fund that lost $7 billion of investors' money to Bernie Madoff, was summering on his new yacht. This week, he's off the yacht.

Bandit Bankers and Mrs. Madoff's Money

Jayne Lyn Stahl, 08.31.2009

Huffington Post blogger

Given what we now know, thanks to the efforts of Andrew Cuomo, one might well ask: are all scams created equally, or are some scams more equal than others?

Fair

Norman Horowitz, 08.29.2009

Senior executive with almost 50 years of diverse media experience

We are all victims of a deregulatory Tsunami that has been in process in order to make the "big guys bigger."

"Corruption Shtick" in the Garden State

Eric Dezenhall, 08.29.2009

Co-founded Dezenhall Resources and today serves as the company's CEO

Philip Roth called it right when he said, "We now live in an age in which the imagination of the novelist lies helpless before what he knows he will read in tomorrow morning's newspaper."

Economic Fix Is In, Political One Eludes

Diane Francis, 08.27.2009

Editor at Large, the National Post

The world's politicians remain a pretty mediocre bunch, with few exceptions, which means that the next global crisis cannot be averted without addressing the world's leadership deficit.