Letter to my Daughter

My dear daughter Agnes,
As we discussed, (and I am supposed to be writing about value), perhaps the crucial . . . seminal . . . some big word ….event of the campaign was Colin Powell’s recent endorsement for Obama last weekend. General Powell is the model for Rec Calvin in my novel, so […]

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Congress Is Different? Of Course It Is!

A recent article discussed the fact all that members of Congress have defined benefit pension plans. Only five-percent of Americans have defined benefit plans and I, myself, terminated the defined benefit plan at the Troxel Company, where I was CEO. I also terminated the defined benefit for myself, along with all other […]

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Economic Notes

There have been thirteen recessions since __________________ ?
Answer: Since 1929, with the deepest and the most prolonged coming in the late 1920s to early 1930s and the early/mid 1970s. So here we are again, eh? ( I personally have predicted eleven of the last three recessions!)
In one very […]

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