(Community Matters) I haven’t seen enough information to know whether or not the $1.1B is a fair return on Goldman Sachs warrants issued in exchange for TARP funds. Totally unimpressed by Treasury’s citation of a 23% ROI. We’re talking about a loan of last resort that helped the organization survive.

If Buffett sold his preferred shares today, what type of return would he make? That’s a better benchmark. I suspect his would be a multiple rather than a moderate risk return.

(Community Matters) Devastating – the murders of Stacy Barnett & John Goosey.

I always launched my classes with the LiveableCity survey cards and was surprised how the last few years students prioritized safety as a key concern. We’d talk about it; they’d talk about vagrants and other young adults who weren’t students but who’d stalk the neighborhoods late at night.

(Community Matters) Steven and I watched Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V last night to acclimate ourselves to Shakespeare speech in preparation for Robert Faires in Henry V tonight at the Off Center Theatre

St. Crispin’s Day Speech

(Community Matters) 2009 Assets Report

Our good friend Dr. Reid Cramer just released their assessment on the Obama Administration’s budget and policies and their impact on asset-building opportunities for low- and moderate-income Americans

(Community Matters) Mashable (the social guide to media) has named the top 5 TED videos on science.

These five TED talks on science tell a story about the complexity of the universe and our place in it. And they do it with panache – no boring science lectures here! What’s more, there’s plenty more where they came from.

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(Community Matters) Times Square’s Naked Cowboy is running for mayor of NYC. Gotta say, sorta like much of his platform

“The Naked Cowboy’s platform speaks to the real issues facing us, and will cultivate the rebirth of the small businesses that made New York City what it is today. Known as the ‘Naked Stimulus Package,’ the plan includes micro loans, tax holidays and other incentives to help small businesses thrive. Other points of Naked’s platform include Taxes (if you’re rich, stop whining and pay your taxes), Transportation (taxi call buttons on every city corner), Homeland Security (as mayor he will keep the city’s security on high alert, making frequent stops at the tunnels, bridges, and guard posts of every building), Gay Marriage (as an ordained minister and he’d love to marry all citizens of NYC, not just the straight shooters), and of course Tourism (he plans to build a Times Square Wedding Chapel and establish a billion dollar wedding business that will rival Las Vegas).”