In David Wessel's delightful 2009 book, In Fed We Trust (reviewed here), he tells a story about Federal Reserve chairman having an epiphany one night with his chief staffers, grinning ear-to-ear as he revealed to them the clever title he had come up with for...
One of my favorite Proverbs is Proverbs 20:14 which says, "It's no good, it's no good, says the buyer; then off he goes and boasts about his purchase." The fact that buyers and sellers participate in gamesmanship is as old as King Solomon. ...
The new commercial General Motors is inundating the airwaves with is a piece of work, primarily because I only found out it was not a Saturday Night Live skit today. How many "takes" did it take for GM Chairman, Ed Whitacre, to say with...
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) just appeared on my office TV screen courtesy of CNBC and said he wants to ban airlines from charging a fee for carry-on baggage. I am relieved to see that one man in upstate New York is able to look...
Just so we're all clear, I am not condoning questionable accounting in corporate America. In fact, I am super opposed to it. Okay? But I do want to make something very clear - Enron, Worldcom, Lehman Brothers, and Bernie Madoff combined have...
“We will never forget”. The words can still be seen in select parts of Lower Manhattan where they have the most intense of reasons to never forget. The entire country essentially promised after 9/11 that they would never forget, and I think...
It is with great excitement and pride as a citizen of planet earth that I announce my intention to serve as President of the United States. Candidates come and go and campaign promises come and go, but few candidates have ever been so bold,...
One of the most eggregious acts of political bullying in American history was successfully completed Sunday night. "Bullying" is an inadequate word, because most bullies use a sort of intimidating force to get what they want, and leave lying and bribery (overt bribery) for...
Since my title is as inflammatory as it is allow me to clarify right up front: I do not think all Ron Paul supporters are loonies; I just happen to be referring to the ones who are loonies in this article. And unfortunately, there...
I noticed the following quote in Doug Wilson's recent Top 10 Observations about Sarah Palin: "She clearly does not care at all that the people who will never like her don't like her. This is the essential lesson that fully 95% of all modern conservatives of...
