If you have been paying any attention to the jousting between the two presidential campaigns over Bain Capital, you may be wondering what all the fuss is about. Most recently, the takeover company once headed by the presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, has been the subject of some hard hitting ads by the Obama […]
Archives for May 2012
Why George Zimmerman Shouldn’t Be Convicted and How He Might Be Anyway
No one but the killer knows what actually happened leading up to the shooting … [I]t is conceivable that Trayvon did become the aggressor in an altercation with Zimmerman and may have punched him in the nose, causing Zimmerman to fall to the ground and that Trayvon then appeared to be preparing to continue […]
Why We Shouldn’t Be Surprised by the JP Morgan Scandal
When the very wealthy few control the nation’s economy and its politics, it’s called a plutocracy. And a plutocracy is what the United Stated is fast becoming, if it isn’t there already. The latest evidence is in the massive losses announced last week by another “too big to fail” financial institution. This time, […]
On an Underappreciated Pleasure Uniquely Available in the Game of Golf
Golf is one of those activities that can absolutely bedevil an otherwise passive soul like me into a state of complete irrationality. In the almost 50 years I have been playing the game, the number of times I have cursed the forces of nature that cause a well-struck shot to somehow go astray of […]