We adore and venerate the ancient Greeks; Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, but modern Greeks are too often pains in the…
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Consecutive Headlines
I came across these two headlines, one after the other, on my Google News aggregator. Somehow, steeled as I am…
Neil Irwin at the NYTimes Is Confused
He muses, “Workers have seized the upper hand in the labor market, attaining the largest raises in decades and quitting…
Things That Make No Sense to Me
Well, less and less actually makes sense to me these days, but here’s the nonsense du jour. Yesterday I broke…
Meet Wayne and Wendy Holman
The modern-day Bonnie and Clyde, with no shots fired, no blood spilled and way more booty. The two of them…
When ‘Just-In-Time’ Isn’t
For whatever you’re manufacturing, getting the right part at the right place, just in time is a great idea. Henry…
Panama Papers, Paradise Papers Pandora Papers and No Prosecutions
What is it with the magic letter ‘P?’ Perhaps it’s the fashionable letter these days for ‘collections of corruption,’…
Wells Fargo Bank Shits the Bed Once Too Often
Wells Fargo pays $72.6 million to resolve Justice Department claims it defrauded currency customers The Banksters are at it again…
Our Military Re-Invents Warfare
And not a moment too soon. We sure aren’t having any luck with the old-fashioned forms of fighting. Good thing…
America’s Periodic 9-11 Orgasm
I was six years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Was that a terrorist attack, or do we excuse…