"Quite a lot of what passes itself off as dialogue about our society consists of people trying to justify their own choices. Let me propose that if your beliefs or convictions matter more to you than people—if they require you to act as though you were a worse person than you are—you may have lost perspective."
Timothy Kreider, We Learn Nothing, 2012
14 February 2012
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - VIX
Late day rally on light volumes brought US stocks back to nearly unchanged, or slightly higher.