The honeymoon is well and truly over. Eleven months into Obama’s presidency it seems as if the American people may have lost faith in their Messiah. His approval rating has dropped below 50% and shows little signs of improving. So what’s the most powerful and influential man on the planet supposed to do? I have a little anecdote that might… (more…)
On the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month, Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen, World War I officially ended. Remembrance Day (also known as Veteran’s Day or Armistice Day in the U.S.) commemorates the armistice signed between the Allied Forces and Germany on that day, 11th of November, 1918. In 2009, the three last British soldiers who fought… (more…)
As a die hard New York Mets Baseball fan, I was surprised by my enjoyment of this year’s World Series. I hadn’t planned on watching, because as a Met fan, the Phillies are our divisional arch rivals and the Yankees are, well, the Yankees. However the players on both teams played their hearts out to such a degree that it… (more…)
For years I worked for a stockbroker firm in New York. During my tenure there in the Accounting Department I became very familiar with company perks and “kick-backs”. Why am I so enamored with this event all of a sudden when it’s been around for centuries? Well after the US Government bailed out several high profile companies with our hard… (more…)