election wrap-up.
Being overseas for the election was a strange, but interesting experience. Everywhere I turned in India (and in Dubai), people wanted to talk to me about “Obama.” Literally, for some of the people that I met, “Obama” was one of their few words of English. That, and I guess you could add “change” to that […]
i’m off.
Off to Dubai (UAE), Hyderabad, Vijayawada, and Goa (India) for a couple of weeks. This will be the first time in my life I’m out of the country for both an election and my birthday. Not to worry, my absentee ballot in this critical swing state of California was dropped in the mail earlier this […]
ohio is america.
for so many reasons. Must read new yorker on obama, ohio, and the election. Yeah, I call a lot “must read”. Sorry.
greatest letter ever.
The below note is the greatest thing I’ve read in a while. It brings tremendous happiness to me. Dude who wrote it, Andrew Lahde, is the manager of a small California hedge fund, Lahde Capital, who made 866 percent betting against the subprime collapse. That’s a lot of money. Dear Investor: Today I write not […]
my issues with the election.
Candidates have become a necessary evil. Issues are what matter. I’ve blogged about this, and I’ve prattled on endlessly on this since the 2004 lesson. (It was in that brutal, painful election that I saw how pointless the candidate-focused type of campaigning was. I’ve since reformed, and now spend all my time discussing the issues, […]
buckley endorses obama.
Wow. Conservative William F. Buckley Jr‘s son, Christopher, endorsed Barack Obama. And then, shortly after, resigned from The National Review, the journal his father founded, over the outcry. Good stuff. Quoted are some of my choicest bits. McCain rose to power on his personality and biography. He was authentic. He spoke truth to power. He […]
world on the edge.
The Economist (apparently Palin’s favorite magazine) has a good, short article on the credit crisis. This is why those politicians who set the interests of Main Street against those of Wall Street are so wrong. Sooner or later the money markets affect every business. Companies face higher interest charges and the fear that they may […]
with love for my adopted state of ohio.
hilarious.
america’s new favorite sport.
dear politics, I’ll say that its only in the last ~20 years that we’ve devolved into this. Politics is now the average American’s favorite sport. The only thing funnier to me than partisan hacks, are the partisans who think they can change another partisan’s mind. While it probably started in earnest years before– in the […]
the financial crisis explained.
So. Like most people you’re wondering what the hell is going on, right? Don’t worry. Well, you should worry about the fundamentals of America but you shouldn’t worry about understanding it. Because I’ve got it covered. First, go to Blockbuster and rent the movie Boiler Room. YouTube Trailer: In real life, all of Wall Street […]