Archive for the ‘spending’ Category
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Catfish Nation
Posted on January 18, 2013
We live in a catfish nation. “Catfish” is a television show on MTV about people who lie about themselves. According to the New York Times, “a so-called catfish is the...
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Rules Are Made to Be Broken
Posted on January 16, 2013
My cousin Barry once said to me, with a mischievous grin, before he got in trouble with his parents, “rules are made to be broken.” That certainly is the case...
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The Business of Business
Posted on January 16, 2013
“The chief business of the American people is business.” Calvin Coolidge said that to a group of newspaper editors in 1925, smack dab in the middle of the Roaring 20’s,...
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The 7 Billionth Person
Posted on November 1, 2011
According to the United Nations, the 7 billionth person came into the world the other day. I was wondering why it felt kind of crowded around here. The 1 billionth...
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The Rich Are Different
Posted on October 27, 2011
The rich are different than you and me. And it isn’t only that they have more money. The rich have come under attack recently, so I decided to take a...
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