Unemployment Perspective
In Southern California unemployment is nearing 10%. This is a scary number until you put it in perspective. The...
Pasadena Idol
Here is an implementation plan for the idea of using the American Idol model for selecting political candidates. I have...
Hope
Hope is a goal without a deadline or a desire without a plan. Hope alone is never enough. The Spanish verb for...
Charity
In their Bibles the Jews and the Christians are exhorted that when harvesting their crops they should "leave some grain...
Faith
My faith is not in politicians. My faith is in The Wisdom of Crowds. As explained by James Surowiecki in his book...
November 17, 2008 Maxim
"A person never lies as much as after a hunt, during a war, and before an election." Otto Von...
Fires
I woke up this morning to a very orange sunrise as the smoke from the fires over the last few days dissipates. It is...
Forest Fires and Economics
The massive wild fire in Montecito last night made me think of a similarity between forests and the economy and forest...
A Complaint Free World
Now this is a good idea that is being done well: http://www.acomplaintfreeworld.org/ I haven't read the book but...
Starbucks Dragonfly
Found Starbucks art? Recycling a sleeve? Dragonfly coffee? I drank the coffee, I made the dragonfly and I...
