A helpful article
If you're like me and interested/concerned about all the financial bailout news that's been dominating the headlines, but having trouble understanding just why things are so dire (and feeling less than trusting of politicians who want us to take their word on it), this article from the Herald Tribune may shed some light. One of the more cogent, plain-English explanations that I've seen for why the current "Wall Street" problems really do matter to those of us on "Main Street".