Culture and Current Events Archive
What Ever Happened To Thrift?
June 10, 2008 · Category: Business Culture and Current Events, Culture and Current Events, Federal Reserve, Geopolitics, Macro Economics
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: Culture and Current Events, Market Commentary
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: Ayn Rand, Business Culture and Current Events, Business and Investment Philosophy, 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: Culture and Current Events, Kids and Money
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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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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Time Well Spent - A Couple Hours with The Wall Street Journal
February 7, 2007 · Category: Business Culture and Current Events, Culture and Current Events, Interest Rates, Real Estate
A starting point for becoming knowledgeable about business and finance is simply to read The Wall Street Journal everyday. If you just do that, you'll find your knowledge and understanding growing all the time and ...
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