Archive for July 10th, 2011

Author Linda Brady Traynham Weekends make me nervous, what with stock markets open elsewhere and politicians conniving behind closed doors. The “crisis” over the debt “ceiling” has all the reality of a Punch and Judy show and stopped being amusing a long time ago. Everyone is posturing, nobody is serious, both sides will claim victory [...]

Author James the Wanderer Let’s start with a little general chemistry: Na+ + Cl- NaCl Sodium plus chlorine gives sodium chloride. Beginning with a silvery, unstable metal and a greenish, noxious gas, they combine and produce a whitish-clear salt. A reaction occurs: two inedible substances combine to form a basic necessity of human life. Two [...]

Author Tony De Maio I’ve been called an uncompromising S.O.B. so many times that I decided to spend some time thinking about just what it is I am. It must be true, or else not so many people would say it. One should not confuse “bargaining” or “negotiating” with “compromising”. In a bargaining situation, both [...]