The seductive trap of our glorious past. How Baseline Scenario started. Discontinuity ahead. A few comments on Bernanke and the taper that wasn't. Take the PCOAB out of the China-US audit confronation? Notes from meeting Deep Throat. Stand by your bank. America's sinking middle class. Ummm...that's kinda the point. Did US beer mergers cause a price increase? The softer side of Excel-fu. Blunder or rebellion?