On the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his book, The Origin of Species, I’ve read a plethora of articles from all different directions. As…;
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Black Swan in History
Russ Bredholt, Jr. of Bredholt & Co. sent me some bulleted Book Notes he had produced on a book “The Black Swan” by Nassim Taleb. In light of its relevance in today’s economic reality, I…;
Article of Interest: The Stimulus Time Machine
I’m sure we are all, at this point, reading everything we can on the upcoming Stimulus Bill. This review, in Monday’s Wall Street Journal, was an insightful evaluation of the potential net effect, in economic…;
Article of Interest: Cars, Kabul and Banks
I was interested in this article by Tom Friedman of the New York Times. He uses the concept of “the thing itself,” actually taken from what Emmanuel Kant a century ago called “the thing in itself”…;
It’s All About the Consumer
Very few of us actually need a debriefing on what went wrong in the economy over the past 18 months. Real estate construction, primarily precipitated by new housing starts, had gone wild. Fueled by “anyone…;
Do Sold-Off Corporate Loans Do Worse?
Note this article from the Wall Street Journal, November 19th. It identifies what many in the financial community have ascertained. When the money is made on the origination and sale of a credit instrument, such as…;
Article of Interest: In sight of speciation
You have got to read this article from Nature magazine. Many of you may not know Nature magazine, although I suspect some of you do. It is a fantastic magazine that covers the broad spectrum…;
Article of interest: That rubbish they talk about the credit crunch
This article is from the Times online and is written by Gerard Baker. It is one of the more seminal articles representative of some of the rubbish I personally heard with respect to the implications…;
Five negotiating lesson I learned while bathing and dressing my 15-month-old
Janet and I have a 15-month-old and we split up certain “responsibilities.” I call them responsibilities for want of a better term, and I am totally convinced that I got the better end of the…;
In My Image and Likeness
I’m sitting out here on our newly remodeled porch and swimming pool with Isabella on my legs. I’m feeding her and her eyes are wide open, looking at me. I have music playing and I’m…;