Boycott, Boycan’t, Boycan
2017-02-09 – I’m seeing a lot of calls for boycotts these days. Good luck with that! It’s not that there’s a shortage of good causes. The problem is that there […]
Tag Archives: Business
Betting on the Super Bowl Coin Toss
2017-02-06 – I rarely watch the Super Bowl. For one thing, we don’t have a screen dedicated to watching such things (i.e., we don’t have a TV). But mainly, I’m […]
Do CEOs Get Paid for Taking Big Risks? The Big Ones Don’t
2016-10-06 – The New York Times revelation of Donald Trump’s $915 million tax loss from 1995 is not only a problem for his campaign, it ought to be a problem […]
Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day When We Despise Labor?
2016-09-05 – Happy Labor Day! Well happy might not be the word that first comes to the mind of politicians who march in the Labor Day parades and yet vote […]
The Challenges of Obamacare
2016-08-18 – I went yesterday to pick up a new prescription. I had a new insurer, so I handed the pharm tech the new card and he went tap-tap-tap on the […]
Apple Is Rotten to the Core
2016-07-03 – I don’t pay much attention to tech controversies. I don’t really care if Facebook changes algorithms. I know I should but I don’t. Al Gore could have been […]
Make Sure You Boycott Oat Puffies!
2016-06-07 – So the clarion call has gone out in liberal circles: Boycott Home Depot! The current boycott from the left is due Home Depot’s founder Bernard Marcus’ decision to […]
Organized Capital vs. Organized Labor
2016-04-26 – Have you ever given any thought to why the right for workers to organize a union is controversial but the right of investors to form a corporation is […]
Sand in the Pump
2016-03-03 – We recently bought a washing machine. Before I tell you about the new machine, I want to tell you why we bought it. Before the purchase we had […]
Can We Afford Single-Payer?
2016-02-11 – President Obama’s signature achievement is Obamacare. Republicans like to say that Obamacare is an unprecedented expansion of the federal government. Everything is unprecedented. But if Obamacare is what […]
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