Andy Kessler has a new name for the merged unit of Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and Countrywide: Lynch America Countrywide. I think it's so awesome, I made a logo for them...
...well, ok, don't lynch all of America. Folks like Vita Ciullo are a model of good America. If you haven't seen this piece, read it and weep. Vita is the sweetest woman on the planet!
(PS--Note how all the Times writers are trying to get on the economy beat. After yesterday's Mike Albo piece, this is Michael Winerip writing in the "Parenting" column!)