Sunday, July 31, 2011

The Debt Limit Hobbits

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From The Wall Street Journal Op-Ed pages, "The debt-limit hobbits should also realize that at this point the Washington fracas they...
Friday, July 29, 2011

I Have Questions, Deficit Reduction Questions

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I have questions, deficit reduction questions, but can find no answers. Apparently, no one has the answers, not satisfactory ones, useful o...
Sunday, July 10, 2011

Confucius Says

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I'm reading Henry Kissinger's new book, On China , and so far it has not disappointed. Discussing the singularity of China, Kissin...
Friday, July 8, 2011

Civic Duty & "Policy" Fairness: $400b a Year in Uncollected Taxes

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On the front page of the The Providence [RI] Journal last Monday (7.4.11) was an article under this heading, " Uncollected taxes cos...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

"No-Brainer": Brooks Laments, Calls Out His GOP Leadership

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It was only on June 18 that I posted about David Brooks' concerns  with the budget negotiation process--and his call-it-like-it-is ass...
Saturday, July 2, 2011

Disruptive Innovation: Re-Shaping American Higher Education ?

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Examining the traditional universities through the lens of innovation, we see that a muddled business model is causing the industry'...
Friday, July 1, 2011

Markets Serve Society's Broader Interests First, Not Goldman's

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Naples friend Marc Schulman sent me this 2010 global economics report from Goldman Sachs. Marc was a highly regarded Wall Street analyst i...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Zakaria: GOP's Identity No Longer Rooted in Practical Realities of America.

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Fareed Zakaria* has again offered a different way to think about a puzzling, unsettling question: how should we view and understand the...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Of Emerson, Whitman, and Oliver

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From different eras and places, let these poetic voices and their connectedness say what they will to you: 1. Ralph Waldo Emerson ( fro...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Just As It Is: David Brook's On the State of Politics in America

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David Brooks is the designated "Republican" or more "conservative" columnist on the op-ed pages of the New York Times ...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Maoists Attacking Liberalism in China

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Recent articles have made the sober observation that reactionary Maoists may be having more influence on events in China than we appreciat...