by Henry Oliner | Feb 28, 2009 | Education, Social
I just finished Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. He has a knack for insights and thinking that most of us miss. The premise is that success is less a matter of IQ and talent and more a matter of culture, opportunity and hard work.The Chinese advantage in math is more a...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 27, 2009 | Business
This ad is bold, and probably extremely effective.The law firm is all women.The ad has been googled over 7,000,000 times.The firm did not use an ad agency for the...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 27, 2009 | Business
A real life example (the numbers are changed) of why is it getting harder to create wealth in America.A worker is injured on the job in a truck accident. He incurs medical expenses and lost wages of, let’s say, $100,000.The accident is not his fault or the employer’s...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 26, 2009 | Politics
Only months after losing the White House and both houses of Congress, the leading voice of the party is Jewish Eric Cantor from Virginia, and Michael Steele, a black man, is chairman of the party.Considering that 75% of the Jews and over 90% of the Blacks voted for...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
I have found the success of the Jews in America a fascinating story. Like many I have attributed much of it to cultural literacy because of the centerpiece of the “book” to the Jews. The torah service looks like a people who worship a book, the torah scroll. The...
