Just thought I’d rant about a couple trends I’ve read recently that I don’t really agree with .
1) Changing your position is a bad idea.
Political parties get called out all the time when they shift their positions. This could lead one to believe that the willingness to change one’s opinion or position [...]

I watched Sicko last week and, like all his other films, Michael Moore had some good points and some terrible points.  When trying to refute obvious counters to his arguments, he would use the weakest anecdotal evidence possible.  But that is his formula, so I accepted it and watched the whole thing.  But this isn’t a post [...]

I’ve always been interested in the impact of language on society/culture. For example, do cultures with a relatively large number of violent words in their language tend to be a more violent society? (Some also argue the reverse - that society itself determines the content of the vocabulary).  I have read studies that [...]

Read a VERY interesting article, by David Wong, that attempts to make sense of the world and the way we interact through a concept called “monkeyspace.”  Here is a very abbreviated, very paraphrased version in the name of understanding politics.
Imagine you have a monkey named Slappy.  Imagine how upset you’d be if he died (especially [...]

As the media continues to tout the successes and failures of President Obama’s First 100 Days (as they have done with all Presidents), I can’t help but remember a lesson that I learned from two very different men I have worked with.   
The first man was the former CEO and President of Franklin Quest. He [...]

Obama is intoxicated.  He is intoxicated by power and ego.  The White House has already tried to turn Limbaugh, Santelli, and Cramer into punching bags, but now he’s so drunk that he has started calling on his liberal, progressive smear campaigners to target democrats who dared to oppose his stimulus or his budget.  See the [...]

We like golf because the game is fair – if you don’t play well, you don’t make any money.  Hedge funds are like golf players. 
We’ve seen recently that politicians don’t understand the hedge fund industry. They have tried to characterize this vital source of capital as structures used by the rich to hide wealth [...]

Capitalism has a very dark side.  Read about it in a book called Confessions of an Economic Hitman (Highly recommended).
Here is a quick synopsis:
Certain corporations and political organizations (collectively, the “corporatocracy”) hire consultants to encourage world leaders to become part of a vast network that promotes U.S. economic interests.   Specifically, the consultants (economic hitmen, or “EHM”s) [...]

The Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed piece today called “Atlas Shrugged: From Fact to Fiction in 52 Years,” by Stephen Moore.  It starts by citing a study that - for people who have read it - Atlas Shrugged is the 2nd most influential book in their lives, second to the Bible.  I’d like to recap a few really great points that were made.
1) [...]

Ever since our economy started showing recessionary measurements and the stock markets started falling dramatically, many people have compared Barack Obama to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR.  FDR came in to office during the early years of the Great Depression.  People say that Obama is inheriting a miserable economy just as FDR did.  This is true.  What also [...]