Archive for October, 2010

Author Linda Brady Traynham Is it illegal yet to be homonymophobic? Maybe I’m just a semantophile. What has this to do with economics? That those who write poorly tend to make less money than those who have mastered the arts of the compound sentence, syntax, and diction. It appears to have become a lost art [...]

Author Kurt We have been given a boat load of bad news these last few months. The latest, lets call it GRAgate because it’s stupid enough to justify a stupid name, could be the straw that broke the camel’s back. Jeff has been writing on the Mesh Report how it could trigger a massive financial [...]

Author Tony De Maio I was contemplating a talk show I remember listening to the day after Ronald Reagan died. The host (Ed Schultz) was apparently quite sad that the country was so divided. His callers were calling in and denigrating Ronald Reagan. He was trying—with little success—to tone their calls down. He asked, “Is [...]

Author Linda Brady Traynham “Think Like a Madman” ™ an exciting, fact-based game of global stratgy! Choose your madman, marshall your armies and fact cards, and invade your neighbor! “Think Like a Madman!” ™ involves no luck. Players rely on ruthlessness, actual data, strategy, current events, and iron nerve to conquer old enemies or destroy [...]

Author Tony De Maio I am somewhat perplexed and bewildered these days. I have been listening to left wing talk radio, and have listened to several callers and hosts converse about how Republicans (I think they mean conservatives) have abdicated their biblical teachings when they resent paying taxes to help the poor. They cite the [...]

Author Linda Brady Traynham The title question arose when I saw an analysis of how frequently Obama says “I, me, my, or mine,” and I wondered if you thought I am. My answer is “No, and I’m not egocentric, either. I just talk about myself a lot!” The reason is that between us dear Charles [...]

Author Tony De Maio I have been listening to left wing radio lately—in particular to Air America. I find it to be most entertaining and educational. For one thing, I have learned that the American public is quite ignorant—perhaps stupid. I know this because I have been repeatedly told that George Bush is “stupid” (though [...]

Author Linda Brady Traynham There is much truth in the old saw concerning setting a thief to catch a thief. A reasonable extrapolation is that to create jobs and lead to a recovering economy we should seek advice from those who have actually started up businesses that became successful and created long-term good jobs, or [...]