Originally I planned to write in this space about the vacation to China I took back in September. I had dreams of portraying China as a great nation with even greater potential, and then shredding the illusion that Chinaโ€™s governance is anywhere near what the West expects it to be.

Well, shredding another nationโ€™s governance is hard to do when your own countryโ€™s financial system is one step short of a Three Stooges routine. So letโ€™s stick closer to home.