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Odd advice from the President?
Earlier this afternoon President Obama made a show to celebrate the passage of the Cap-and Trade bill in the House Friday. For those of you who do not know, this is plan to issue credits for CO2 production which can be t… -
Planning for the future, part 2 - Risk and uncertainty
A few moths ago I saw former GE CEO and business guru Jack Welsh on television and he was talking about how corporate managers lacked “visibility”. He did not mean this in the publicity sense of the word but rather that … -
The lure and flaws of socialism
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A dream come true
I think every US citizen should watch at least one congressional hearing on C-SPAN once a year to see exactly how dumb our representitives are. If they did we would not only have term limits but people may actually vote … -
Is consistency truly the hobgoblin of a small mind?
Every semester I have at least one class where there has to be a lecture which includes an explanation about not assuming that if a correlation between two variables exists it means that one is the cause of the other. (a… -
Memo to the incoming President
Dear President-Elect Obama,Being a fan of the general good, I hope your presidency is a sucessful one. The obvious major challange you will be facing is the economy. Generally I do not believe there is much the governmen… -
They want you to be the new HJs
I was watching the This Week news discussion show on ABC this morning and during the panel discussion I kept hearing something that has been under the surface of the news since the elections which is “national service” a… -
Keeping things in perspective
Two Sundays ago I was watching To The Contrary on Public Broadcasting, a show where a panel of women commentators, left and right, discuss the news and the only point of agreement was that women now see “Uncle Sam as Mr.… -
Vote tomorrow, but only if you are willing to put some thought into your vote
I have already voted for tomorrow’s election but I would never let that interfere with telling you all what to do. Rather than talk about individual candidates or issues I think decisions should be made with broad, guidi… -
Don't Panic (still)!
Right now it is about 30 minutes before stock markets here in the U.S. open and the futures indexes are showing that the U.S. will follow Asia and Europe in taking a dive. If you don't have money in the market now you ma…
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