Commentary: In retrospect, analysts were too kind
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SAN DIEGO (CBS.MW) - In light of Interstate Bakeries&#39; bankruptcy filing today, here&#39;s a rehash of something I wrote two weeks ago in Herb Greenberg&#39;s RealityCheck.
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I'm a big fan of Richard Stallman and his work â even though, the first time I interviewed him, he proceeded to criticise my questions before answering them, not a journalistic experience I'd had before.  Without his vision and sheer bloody-mindedness in the face of indifference and outright hostility, we would not have the vast array of free software we enjoy today.
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IN Israel/Palestine, pessimism is close kin to commonsense: hope, to naivety. No commentator has ever sounded foolish by emphasising the obstacles to peace.
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Honesty isn't always the most profitable policy.
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Searching for a signal amid the noise of analyst upgrades and downgrades.
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Experts in a field can benefit from an outsiderâs perspective.
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You can learn a lot from writing a newspaper column, especially when a reader calls in to say that you're wrong. I've just received a revealing critique that foreshadows a nasty new escalation in the battle over our digital rights.
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Comment is free: Annalisa Barbieri: Once a person has been announced as an expert, they lose the impetus to use wisdom wisely
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Charley, Frances and the specter of Ivan wreak havoc on industry assumptions. One, sure, but two? Three? By JEFF HARRINGTON, Times Staff Writer.
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Analysis Fragmentation and US indifference
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Be careful when presented with methods that claim to time the market.
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Okay, if the mind is powerful, how is your mind making you feel today? It's worth thinking about -- with the stock market down this year, every day worse than the last, many of us are losing lots of money, I know I am, and it's not a good feeling.  I keep arguing with myself, even though I'm losing money at a huge rate, I'm still in good shape financially, I have a nice house, I can pay the bills. But it doesn't help. Inside I feel unsettled, poor, I'm having trouble concentrating. Does it help that I've been through this before? The crash of 1987 was much worse than this downturn, and then I had no cushion, nothing to fall back on, I wasn't even employed when it happened. I was a lot closer to being broke around the turn of the century, even though the market was doing very well. But it doesn't help. No matter how many times I've been through it, I've always known that it's cyclic, that the outlook will likely improve, but knowing isn't the same as feeling. The feeling is much stronger, it can't be counteracted with logic. I can't reason with the feeling, you might say it's un-reasonable. Then I heard that a friend of mine, much younger, with a lot less at stake in the market, is having trouble sleeping because of this feeling. I realize I'm not alone, probably millions of people have a heightened sense of insecurity right now. Does that make it better? Not really... Anyway, I thought, let's post something and find out how others feel about the economy and how much of an impact is it having on our state of mind.
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Remember the time when people made  stupid mistakes instead of "bad choices," when anal-retentive  personalities were simply tidy and no one needed a "life  coach?"
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Itâs sad to think that NASCAR has gotten so good at this. Weâve watched their response to tragedy too many times not to recognize the seriousness of a situation.
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Avoiding Wall Street's research analysts might not save you.
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Bloggers force CBS News to admit to a serious mistake, and journalists recoil from the thought of so much scrutiny of their work. But isn't this exactly what we need to get better-quality news? Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.
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During my visit to the Exploratorium, I learned something I've always suspected: The mind is a cruel, lying, unreliable bastard. Commentary by Lore Sj&#246;berg.