Archive for December, 2012
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The Newtown Parents
Posted on December 17, 2012
President Obama asked the right question Sunday night in his address to the nation, a question I have been asking myself for months: Are we powerless? Can we do nothing...
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Evil Vs. Crazy
Posted on December 17, 2012
Evil is back in the news. So is crazy. Was Adam Lanza evil or crazy? Or both? Sometimes it is hard to tell which is which. Lanza, the Newtown killer,...
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The Enemy Within
Posted on December 15, 2012
I feel like America is collectively living in a very disturbing episode of the Twilight Zone. The events from Friday morning in Connecticut have thrown me for a loop. A...
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Opportunity Cost, Opportunity Lost
Posted on December 13, 2012
According to Wikipedia: “Opportunity cost is the cost of any activity measured in terms of the value of the next best alternative forgone (that is not chosen). It is the...
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General Washington
Posted on December 12, 2012
Newt Gingrich famously compared himself to the Duke of Wellington during the Budget wars of 1995-96. Wellington fought and eventually vanquished Napoleon during the Peninsular campaign in Napoleonic Wars in...
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