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This Month
Read an excerpt from Michael Terry's book So Shine Before MenSome Quick Thoughts on Non-Profits more »
There are more non-profits in the United States than there are lawyers. Scary?
Plus, you can assume out of groups of this size, both lawyers and non-profits, there have to be some good ones, some great ones and some that are not so hot.
According to the American Bar Association, there were over 1.1 million […]
How Big is Big? more »
According to some (believable) estimates, the total, aggregate amount of Federal bailouts, equity banks and investment houses, liquidity infusions by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, loan guarantees, TARP, and economic stimulus checks, and the new Obama stimulus package, blah, blah will total as much as $9 trillion by June 30, 2009.
That equates to about […]
Current Reflections February 2009 more »
In June, 2007, Edward M. Gramlich, who died later that year, published “Subprime Mortgages: America’s Latest Boom and Bust”, warning about the coming bust and urging lawmakers to better protect consumers against predatory lending practices and toughen the regulation of mortgage lenders and banks, calling the mortgage process “confusing, costly and far less than optimal.” […]
John Thain, as in Brain more »
For St. Peter’s sake! Everyone keeps talking about who caused this economic mess, how deep will we go, and when we will come out of it. I have the specific, accurate and complete answers to all of those questions, but unfortunately I don’t have the space here to go into all that […]
The Worth and the Value of Medicine more »
Comment by a prominent hand surgeon in the south of the United States. Dr. “Smith” is in his mid-fifties and is associated with a state medical teaching university. He is renowned for reconstructive surgery of the hand, wrist and elbow.
“I have no control, no say, over what I make . . . […]
Letter to my Daughter more »
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 […]
Congress Is Different? Of Course It Is! more »
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 […]