Politics
The Glass Half
Rarely have I ever seen such a dramatic glass half empty, glass half filled story. The pessimists, the bears, the media based in New York and the economists who work [...]
An American Dream on Hold
The immigration pickle we are in is supposedly being debated in the preprimary beanbag in Iowa and New Hampshire. But all I’m hearing is lowest denominator crap about keeping out [...]
The China Syndrome
Two decades ago, a cashmere sweater was a soft symbol of wealth and status warn by pipe smoking duffers at the club. Eventually women also wanted to wear the wool [...]
Bad Toys! Is China the only bad guy? (Noah Graff)
Is China the only bad guy in the lead paint fiasco, for which millions of Barbie dolls and other plastic toys were recalled? You have to blame China some. China [...]
Gene Haas and Michael Vick — Tragedies of Character
Two young men still at the top of their games copped pleas on August 27, 2007. They will both be going to Federal Prison despite their fabulous wealth and instant [...]
China takes responsibility for its sins (By Noah Graff)
Zhang Shuhong, owner of the Lee Der Industrial Company, responsible for supplying toys with toxic lead paint to Mattel, committed suicide over the weekend. My question is, would this scenario [...]
At the end of July, what are the financial markets telling us?
Ten-year U.S. bond rates have dropped 50 basis points (.5 percent) in 60 days. This is a significant lurch which will be felt almost immediately in lower mortgage rates. The [...]
Can We Stop a Culture of Failure?
In the last few days, in New York and Chicago there have been killings of young African-American men by the police, inciting the black communities in those cities. Neither victim [...]
Borat
I was in Charlotte, North Carolina the first weekend that Borat came out. My 26 year old son Noah and 20 year old nephew David invited me to see the [...]
November
As I am writing, the Congressional elections are an unknown. The conventional wisdom is that the Democrats will win the House and possibly the Senate. Is this a big deal [...]