by Henry Oliner | Jan 31, 2010 | Politics
Richard Cohen Writes in the Washington Post, From John Edwards, lessons on celebrity and politics Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Excerpt We have substituted the camera — fame, celebrity — for both achievement and the studied judgment of colleagues. The...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 30, 2010 | Philosophy
“The capacity to grasp and manipulate complex ideas is enough to define intellect but not enough to encompass intelligence, which involves combining with judgment and care in selecting relevant explanatory factors and in establishing empirical tests of any...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 29, 2010 | Business, Economics, Politics
“In moving, even tentatively, into this new area of lending (subprime) Fannie Mae is taking on significantly more risk, which may not pose any difficulties during flush economic times. But the government -subsidized corporation may run into trouble in an...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 28, 2010 | Business, Israel, Politics, Random
Random thoughts GM’s effort to target Toyota’s customers in the midst of their record recall notice seems in poor taste, especially in light of the record amount of taxpayer money that is now supporting GM. This is like the arrogant rich kid who brags...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 27, 2010 | Politics
The Senate election in Massachusetts may signal much more that dissatisfaction with the current administration; it may signal and end to partisan politics as we have known it. Given the euphoria and high expectations at Obama’s election in the midst of the worst...
