But what’s the alternative?
Posted on October 29, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Daniel Pipes reports that Hamid Karzai’s brother is on the CIA’s payroll, and this is evidence that Karzai is a kept politician, among others in the Middle East, i.e. Iraq’s Nuri al-Maliki, Lebanon’s Saad Hariri, and the Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas. Pipes notes that Washington didn’t have any kept politicians in the Middle East prior to [...]
It Ain’t Easy to Do What’s Right
Posted on October 27, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
I was struck by this daily devotion prepared by Pastor Ken Klaus of the Lutheran Hour Ministries:
As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good. 2 Thessalonians 3:13
Jarrette Schule owns some property in Comal County, Texas.
It was while he was cutting some trees on that semi-remote piece of property that Schule came across [...]
Letter to New York State GOP Chairman Cox
Posted on October 26, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 5 Comments
Mr. Edward F. Cox
Chairman
New York Republican State Committee
315 State Street
Albany, NY 12210
October 27, 2009
Dear Mr. Cox,
I write to congratulate you on your election as New York Republican State Committee Chairman, and I would like to discuss some concerns with the direction of our Party. I am a County Committeeman and member of the Board of [...]
What the winners do
Posted on October 26, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Did you know that FedEx, CNN, and Microsoft, were all founded during recessions or bear markets? According to the Economist, actually half of the current Fortune 500 and Inc. 500 companies were started during such downturns, because its during adversity when the winners thrive.
And that’s exactly what the winners are doing: using bargain basement prices to [...]
Weekend Reading
Posted on October 24, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
In South Florida it’s still hot, and the Miami Hurricanes just suffered a disappointing loss to Clemson. Enough for me to turn off the tele and blog for a bit. I hope you are having a relaxing weekend, and have time to catch up on some reading. Here are my recommendations:
* The Economist reviews Robert Lacey’s Inside [...]
What is wealth?
Posted on October 24, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
According to the Economist, the heart of this recent economic crisis is the fundamental confusion about the nature of wealth: is home equity wealth or is it gold that we should value? According to Buttonwood:
Wealth consists of the goods and products we wish to consume or of things (factories, machinery, an educated workforce) that give [...]
An Idling Mind Doesn’t Go to Waste
Posted on October 23, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
According to Wired Magazine, a 2007 study from Michael Kane of the University of North Carolina found that our minds drift away from daily tasks fully one-third of the time. Now perhaps this doesn’t thrill your boss, but it should, and here’s why: daydreaming is crucial to solving problems. As Wired explains:
Daydreaming isn’t just the mind’s [...]
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Posted on October 22, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
The philosophy of Ave Maria Funds is to avoid companies that make money from abortion or that donate money to planned-parenthood organizations. As the Wall Street Journal reports, this philosophy has led to material rewards:
The Ave Maria Opportunity Fund has outperformed the S&P 500 by almost 16 percentage points on a year-to-date basis, according to Morningstar. [...]
The Most Bizzare Job Ad Ever?
Posted on October 21, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Coming to Times Square this Christmas season. Accessories provided. Applicants responsible for shamelessness, psychological maladies, etc.
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Does Sharia Law Promote Women’s Rights?
Posted on October 21, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
My Campus Watch colleague Cinnamon Stillwell (read Jay Nordlinger’s praises of her name here, here, and here) has published an important essay at FrontPage Magazine that asks that question. Cinnamon transcribed an interview that included Dalia Mogahed, an Obama appointee, and two other women as they praised sharia (Islamic law) and claimed it protects women’s [...]
