Tim Knight's irreverent and bearishly-tiled blog, The Slope of Hope , sprang to life in March 2005 and has been irking stock market bulls ever since. Now one of the most widely-read financial blogs on the Internet, Slope of Hope has become a nexus for skeptics, technical analysis, and overall ne'er-do-wells to discuss the state of politics, the markets, and charts.Explore within some of the best of Slope in a series of quick, thought-provoking missives.