RUGator

Why would someone spend this much of their “own” money to be a mayor?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/nyregion/24mayor.html?_r=1&hp

Eat your heart out, Harvey Korman!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/business/27geithner.html?_r=1&hp

Sitting with a friend while our Girl Scout daughters bowled the night away, he asked me, “What happened to us? Where did we go wrong as Americans?”

Of course I had no answers to his rhetorical question.

Princeton professor of economics (and New York Times writer), Paul Krugman offers his insightful take in the following piece from today’s Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/opinion/30krugman.html

…and they’re lecturing us.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-rahm-emanuel-profit-26-mar26,0,5682373.story

While I was scrounging around for another quarter to buy a Diet Coke, this was what he was doing.

He wasn’t alone either.

http://www.nysportsday.com/2009/03/24/another-a-bomb-from-a-rod/

And I’m sick and tired of hearing that sports fans are willing accomplices to this type of behavior.

Tired of it.

Can’t take it anymore.

Why can’t I be a fan and enjoy sports and the role it’s played in my life without having to apologize for this crap?

Hey A-Rod (and whoever else), I’m sick and tired of you. This isn’t good enough for me. As a fan, I’m not going away. I’m not bailing out on the sports and teams I love.

But I am bailing on you.

New York Times writer, Frank Rich, offers this insightful piece in the paper’s Op-Ed section:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/opinion/22rich.html?em

Seeking a title for this piece, I only had to look on my desk to find the answer.

It’s what I’ve been reading with my eighth graders for the past few weeks.

And living within since 1963.

From the most recent edition of Rolling Stone, comes the following article written by Matt Taibbi:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/26793903/the_big_takeover

“I wonder what the hell’s going on in there?”

A few weeks ago, Joe and I made our way to The Palestra on the University of Pennsylvania campus. Going to a basketball game at “The Cathedral of College Basketball.”

We talked about lots of things. Mostly his time as an undergraduate at Penn. But as we passed The Wharton School (Penn’s business school and one of the top such schools in the world), I asked him that question.

He didn’t have an answer.

Neither did I.

Nor do they.

http://finance.yahoo.com/college-education/article/106766/Is-It-Time-to-Retrain-B-Schools?

Rangeler…

Real. Comfortable. Deals.

Check out this article from today’s New York Times re: The Check Writer:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/nyregion/21rangel.html?_r=1

A man approached me yesterday. He looked Hispanic.

“Excuse me, sir,” he said. “In my country, you look like the finance minister. I come from Peru. Peru is very corrupt. But the finance minister, I forget his name, he is a straight. Like you. I can see it in your eyes.”

And with that he was gone.

At home I did some research. Sure enough, the Peruvian Minister of Economy is Luis Carranza. Referred to in Peru as “La Puma,” he is known for his forward looking economic policies.

The incident reminded me of one of my favorite quotes, i.e., “what you are speaks so loudly that I can’t hear what you’re saying.”

I was glad for chance.