The Recessionista Diaries, Part 3: Gloom and doom. Sturm und Drang. Drama, drama, drama. Each day's economic news is enough to make you want to grab all the nattering nabobs of negativism, the purveyors of pessimism, and toss them and their media of choice out the window: the radio, the TV set, the computer. (But please -- keep the newspaper!) As Evillene, the Wicked Witch, sang in "The Wiz" way, way, way back in the day, "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News!" There's a fine line between being a realist and being a Debbie Downer. These ... (more)