The Continued Slobification of American Culture

I would like to give a shoutout to Tim Gunn of Project Runway for that apt term “slobification”. I remember a few years ago Gunn discussing how poorly Americans dress. The situation has gotten progressively worse. Whether it is black women wearing bonnets in public, or everyone else leaving the house in pajamas. Or wearing […]

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I was in the process of reading Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric by Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann when The Wall Street Journal reported that General Electric(GE) was separating into three businesses: Aviation, Healthcare, and Power. Thus ending the conglomerate status of GE. Full disclosure, I worked as a contractor […]

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It’s been 9 years since Steve Jobs has died. And I can say his absence is greatly felt in the business world. We all know about Walter Issacson’s seminal biography for which I have not read. However, my favorite blogger Gus Van Horn posted about a biography that is not as well know called Becoming […]

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I know it has been a long time since I have written a blog post. My father’s health took a turn for the worse in January. Sadly, he died in May. I just have not been in the mood to blog. I’ve been dealing with grief, my father’s estate, and my own life. I am […]

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Have you ever wondered why the United States has had 14 banking crises since the country’s inception, whereas Canada has had none?  Or why Mexico and Brazil has some of the riches natural resources on the planet yet the majority of its populations live in poverty.  I just finished reading an interesting book that answers […]

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Dr. Warren Farrell book The Myth of Male Power answers the question to my post title.  And that answer is no.  Farrell’s’ book dispels the myth that men are the dominant gender.  From previous posts here and here, I discuss how the feminist movement, in its quest for women to be taken seriously in the […]

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I had an eight year career in the legal field as a transactional law paralegal.  My career began in 2002, I wanted to go to law school.  As with any issue I always do my research.  After much thought I realized that: 1) I did not want to spend 3 years in a classroom, and […]

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Whatever you heard about the financial crisis is false!  We’ve all heard the same tired reasons about why the real estate market and financial industry collapsed.  The most common meme is that the banking industry was deregulated so therefore  deregulation caused the crisis.  Former Chairman and CEO of BB&T John Allison has written a book […]

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No one should be surprised by the Supreme Court decision upholding the dishonestly named Affordable Care Act.  Add this case to the long list of cases such as Dred Scott v Sanford and Plessy v Ferguson, as a negative turning point in American history.  The issue at hand was whether Congress had the authority, under the Commerce Clause […]

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I have been very busy for the past 2 months.  A business opportunity has literally fallen on my lap, and I am pursuing it with vigor.  I’m so excited because this is a challenge for me.  I will be stepping out of my comfort zone.  But it will aid me in achieving my goals.  In this economic climate, I’m trying […]

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