The massive wild fire in Montecito last night made me think of a similarity between forests and the economy and forest fires and economic crisis. Until the 1970’s we used to try to put out all f...Read More
About a year ago Gary David my very good friend died. I wish that he were still here to argue with me about the presidential election and the state of baseball. Both could use his wisdom. I was ho...Read More
We went to see the movie The Duchess over the weekend. The most important thing I learned was that Duchess does not have a “T”. I had always spelled it “Dutchess”. Maybe ...Read More
Freeport, Maine is north of Portland near the coast and should be another sleepy New England coastal town like Camden or Kennebunk getting by on lobstering and tourism. But Freeport is different it...Read More
When smoking was banned in restaurants people who opposed the ban warned that this was the beginning of even more government intrusions into peoples lives. Now it has happened. California has banned...Read More
This is a new book by Mark Krikorian the president of The Center for Immigration Studies. In my review on Amazon I wrote: “The New Case Against Immigration” is not a “new case”...Read More
Here is a business idea that is simple, almost virtual and has an exit strategy. People like to own inscribed books and will stand in line at bookstores to get them. Authors will gladly sign books to ...Read More
The Indiana and North Carolina primaries are today and again we news junkies are stirred up about the results. The Democrats this year are determined to tear their party apart and dramatically chang...Read More
An acronyms is a wonderful thing. It saves time, separates insiders from outsiders and often create new words. Here is a extension on one of my long time favorites. A NIMBY is a person who favors deve...Read More