Culture and Current Events Archive
NY Times: The Golden Years, Tarnished
November 18, 2008 · Category: Culture and Current Events
In communities like Gleneagles and in the homes of retirees across the country, these are days of fear and uncertainty. In theory, retired people are not supposed to invest much in the stock market; in ...
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What Ever Happened To Thrift?
June 10, 2008 · Category: Macro Economics, Culture and Current Events, Business Culture and Current Events, Federal Reserve, Geopolitics
The people who created this country built a moral structure around money. The Puritan legacy inhibited luxury and self-indulgence. Benjamin Franklin spread a practical gospel that emphasized hard work, temperance and frugality. Millions of parents, ...
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Americans Extremely Pessimistic On Country
Fascinating article in today's NY Times that is getting a lot of play: "81% in Poll Say Nation Is Heading on Wrong Track", NY Times, Friday April 4.
The 81% who say the nation has gotten ...
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The Witch Trials In Washington
February 13, 2008 · Category: Culture and Current Events
Today in Washington was Day 2 of hearings on "The Mitchell Report: The Illegal Use of Steroids in Major League Baseball". It started at 11am EST and ended about an hour ago.
I was able to ...
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Giants Win Bullish For Stocks
February 4, 2008 · Category: Market Commentary, Culture and Current Events
The Giants spectacular win in the Super Bowl yesterday bodes well for stocks according to the surprisingly accurate Super Bowl Indicator. According to MarketBeat, this indicator has predicted the stock market in 33 out of ...
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Recession = Smaller Boobs?
"... during the last month of the quarter, we did start to see the beginning of some softening in demand and the channel research that we did and the studies that we conducted say that ...
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50th Anniversary Of “Atlas Shrugged”; Thank You Ayn Rand
October 10, 2007 · Category: Business and Investment Philosophy, Culture and Current Events, Business Culture and Current Events
50 years ago today one of the truly great books of the 20th century was published: Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.
The hostility evoked by any mention of Rand's name is of course a given.
But at root ...
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Epidemic Narcissism Among The Younger Generation
July 19, 2007 · Category: Kids and Money, Culture and Current Events
Epidemic adj.: Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time.
Narcissism n.: A psychological condition characterized by self pre-occupation, lack of empathy and unconscious ...
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Laotian Immigrant, Based in Temecula, CA, Jerry Yang Wins The 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event
July 18, 2007 · Category: Culture and Current Events, Gambling
This morning around 4:00am, after 16 hours of final table play, Jerry Yang, a 39 year old, father of 6, Laotian immigrant based in Temecula, CA, who has only been playing poker for 2 years, ...
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The Intrigue Behind The Scenes Of One Of The Biggest Bay Area Basketball Games In A Long, Long Time
Tonight at 6:30pm PST (to be shown on TNT), in Dallas, TX, the 8th seeded, perennial underdog Golden State Warriors (from Oakland, CA) stand on the precipice of perhaps the greatest upset in NBA history ...
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