Mortgage Lending, Iraq and the unwinnable war
Wednesday, September 8th, 2004“If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not be like a money lender; charge him no interest.” -Exodus 22:25
Unless of course the rate is a CRAZY 5-year fixed 4.32% per annum! How exactly does one refinance the house the Christian Way? I suppose the Polonius method of mortgage lending is far more unequivocally self-defeating. And less attractive as a cheap, knee-jerk brand name.
Meanwhile, James Carroll of the Boston Globe writes a rather succinct article summing up the whole Iraq adventure. Just in case the aftermath of the flag-waving, god-thanking, nationalistic orgy of the Republican National Convention has caused a few of you to, you know, lose touch with sobering reality.