January 2012
- 23 Kinky!: Studying for the Bar Exam
- 18 Ron Paul on Osama bin Laden’s Assassination: Not Our Finest Hour
- 17 Winston Churchill & George Orwell: ‘Their Finest Hour’
- 11 Samuel Pepys: An Evening with a Friend from School in 1664
December 2011
- 28 Change for the Famous Dead: What Gives?
- 15 Economic Policy & The Dogs that are Howling
- 13 Why I Don’t Write: Semper Orwellum!
- 12 John Lincoln Wright: Country Singer-Songwriter
- 2 Joan Baez & Altan: Fifty Years of ‘Daily Growing’
November 2011
- 26 ‘The Geography of Stuck’: On Richard Florida and 21st Century American Mobility
- 13 Appalachian Poverty’s Changed Face: Thoughts Provoked by Shelby Lee Adams’ Pictures
October 2011
- 30 Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Quotation from a Great Writer
- 30 W on Shopping & Flying After 9/11: What He Should Have Said
- 1 St. Clairsville, Ohio: What’s Facebook got against my hometown?
September 2011
- 26 Two Great Photographers, Two Unreliable Narrators: Yousuf Karsh & Roman Vishniac
- 25 The Zone of Alienation: Global Warming & ‘Our Forefathers’ Apocalypse’
- 12 Honey Bees Finally Visit
- 5 Grover Norquist v. Thomas Hobbes: After Drowning Leviathan in the Bathtub, What Next?
- 3 Zip for the Zips & OSU President Gordon Gee Atones
August 2011
- 29 ‘Alleluia, the great storm is over, lift up your wings and fly!’
- 28 Reality Check: Pushing Quality of Life Responsibility Down the Government Chain
- 28 Hobbes’s Choice: ‘The Life of Man’ & Government
- 28 ‘Civilized Withdrawal … Interminable Summer Vacations’
- 22 To Ray Bradbury: Happy 91st!
- 22 A ‘Kingdom Divided Against Itself’: America’s ‘Two Nations’ and the Future
- 21 Vice President Biden to Chinese Audience: on Public Speaking, Stuttering & Cross-Cultural Exchange
- 16 The President’s Tour Bus: ‘The Medium is the Message’
- 15 Picture, Picture on the Wall; Who’s the Crassest of Them All? In Your Eye Buildings, Massachusetts Division
- 14 The Recession Foretold: von Hoffman in 2005 on the Housing Bubble’s Effects
- 14 To ‘People’s pockets! Human beings, my friend’, Romney on Where Corporate Earnings Go: An Important Statement Misheard
- 8 The Economy, The Deficit & Jobs: The President’s Max Bialystock Moment
- 7 Ayn Rand and Political Conservatives: ‘The Proud in the Imagination of Their Hearts’
- 1 ‘Public Prostitution’: Adam Smith on Pay for Artistes – and Athletes
July 2011
- 31 The Deficit Deal: A Yellow Dog D becomes a Yellow Dog I
- 24 ‘Kill the Irishman’: Mob Wars and the FBI in Cleveland and Boston
- 22 ‘When I’m 65′: Social Insurance, Deficits & Debit Cards
- 21 Fair Harvard: Larry Summers, ‘The Social Network’ & A Social Contract
- 20 William Blake’s ‘The Schoolboy’: Comments by Brother George
- 19 ‘Tabloid’: Morris on the Mormon Manacler
- 19 Ron Paul on Deficit Deceits: Endless Wars & Sacred Cows
- 12 Perps Get Theirs; We Get Ours: James Carroll on Law and Order
- 11 More Murdoch All The Time: Mogul & Monarch in the Strib
- 10 Actor Bites Tabloid: Hugh Grant Blows Whistle on News of the World — In April
- 4 ‘Highway Patrolman’: Bruce Springsteen (& Johnny Cash) on Brothers
June 2011
- 29 The Isolated Board: A Perspective on Governance Today
- 25 The Tress Test: Callista Gingrich vs. Queen Elizabeth II
- 25 Whitey Bulger ‘Back in the Town He Terrorized’: Really?
- 18 Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, Minnesota
- 16 Two Fun Films on … Fiduciary Responsibility?!
- 16 Update: Magna Carta & the Obama Justice Dept.
- 15 Magna Carta’s Anniversary and Civil Liberties in the Time of Obama
- 13 Supporting the Grieving Parents of a Teenager
- 12 The State of CSR in the US: A UK Perspective
- 12 ‘Midnight in Paris’
- 7 Calvin Coolidge I: On Parents & Children
- 7 The Mute Stones Speak II: Werner Herzog’s ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams’
- 1 Public School Superintendent Tells MI Governor, ‘Make my School a Prison’
May 2011
- 30 Kandahar or Cleveland? ‘Come Home, America’
- 28 The Sierra Club’s 119th Birthday
- 26 ‘Keep Your Eyes on the Prize’: How the 60s Misplacements Clarify the Social Security, Medicare, ACA Stakes
- 21 Apocalypse Not Now
- 21 ‘The Mute Stones Speak’ I: Dura Europos Exhibit at Boston College
- 21 Barnes Newberry Returns on WMVY: Cue Rejoicing!
- 18 ‘Markets’ Infrastructures Matter’: The Flash Crash & The Future in Microseconds
- 11 Bavaria Award for Long-Term Impact
- 4 Values-Based & Value Investing: The Coming Confluence
- 3 Statehouse Symbols: Generals, Advocates and Educators
April 2011
- 27 Redtops: Tabloids, Chicks & (What Else?) the Royal Wedding
- 26 The Royal Wedding: Time to Return to ‘Camelot’ – The Original Broadway Cast Album
- 25 Washington County, NY: Hill Country Images
- 24 Francine Prose on ‘Another Year’ & Mike Leigh’s Films
- 24 Shots for Signatures on Wisconsin GOP Recall Petitions: ‘OK!’
- 20 ‘King’s Speech’: The Soviet Ambassador’s View in 1940 of ‘the Warring Wives of Windsor’
- 20 ‘America in the Hands of a Professional Military’
- 19 ‘Teaching Sustainability Has Benefits for Big Business’
- 18 Paul Revere’s Ride: Organizing for a Marathon
- 17 Clarence Darrow on Prohibition: Lessons for Today’s Drug War
- 13 ‘AP Falls for Hoax About GE Taxes’
- 11 Red Sox Opening Day at Fenway: Belated Notes
- 9 Appomatox: 1865 & 2011
- 9 Leslie Jones: Superb Baseball Photos 1930-50
- 5 Today Foreshadowed: The Confederate VP on Federal Spending
- 5 ‘Peculiar People’ pt. 1: The Economist’s ‘Schumpeter’ on Today’s Corporations
- 3 Alan Greenspan on Adam Smith’s ‘Invisible Hand’
- 1 The Riches of Croesus Shared: Nicholas D. Cahill at the Harvard Art Museums
March 2011
- 30 ‘To the Shores of Tripoli’: Fighting Pirates Yesterday & Today
- 26 Gov. Scott Walker, Univ. of Wisconsin & Prof. William Cronon
- 25 Turkeys Dead & Alive in Boston
- 23 ‘Another Year’ in which Nothing/Everthing Happens
- 21 Lonnie Thompson & The Right to Speak Out on Climate Change
- 17 ‘The Toll Road to Serfdom’: Privatization Takes Us Back to the Future
- 15 Jeremy Bernstein on Tsunamis
- 15 ‘Hitler’s Pawn’: Lessons in Propoganda & Perserverance
- 12 ‘Rachel Perry Welty: 24/7′
- 9 Squeezing Environmental Protections: The Bearded Women Defense
- 5 Joan Bavaria & The Bavaria Awards Nominations
- 5 The Gaddafis & the Professors: Consulting from Libya to Berzerkistan
- 5 Tom Friedman’s ‘not so obvious’ factors feeding the Arab revolt
February 2011
- 28 ‘Luther’: Brilliant New Series with Idris Elba of ‘The Wire’
- 26 Two Superb Performances from the Swedish Royal Wedding Concert
- 23 You Can’t Make This Up I: ‘King’s Speech’ Used Gay Porn, Amy Winehouse Set
- 23 Gov. Walker’s Superb Strategy for an Abysmal Agenda
- 18 Molly Ivins: A Prophet of Today
- 12 Sinclair Lewis on the Civil War: Thoughts on Lincoln’s Birthday
- 11 Abraham Lincoln on the Freedom to be a Slave
- 6 Selling Arms to Enemies: From Amsterdam to Arizona, A 300-Year Business Ethics Case Study
- 2 Egypt Shuts Down Internet: ‘It Can’t Happen Here’
January 2011
- 30 Winston Churchill’s Funeral: The Paths of Glory
- 29 ‘Beautiful’ Detroit: Eminem’s Vision
- 29 WTF!: ‘Obama’s CREEP Problem’
- 29 Sara Teasdale: ‘There will come soft rains’
- 28 Hamerin’ Hank Greenberg: The Life & Times of a Hero
- 18 Lesley Manville: The ‘Topsy – Turvy’ of ‘Another Year’
- 14 Investing (or not) in ‘Defense Inc.’
- 13 Eisenhower’s Farewell Address: A Must Read 50 Years On
- 10 Tucson Thoughts: Cheryl Wheeler’s ‘If It Were Up to Me’
December 2010
- 29 Worst Prediction Ever — Pre-emininet Historian Category
- 23 A Christmas Eve Reading: Why South Carolina Seceded in 1860
- 16 Gordon T. Kinder (1919-2009)
- 14 Sex Trafficking: Insights from its Business Model?
- 13 Must Read: ‘Derailed’, Star Tribune Series on Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
- 8 Foreclosures & Land Rushes: Why You Should Care About Our Recordation System
- 8 ‘Home is Where the Heart is’: Homeland vs. Heartland
- 6 ‘Once to Every Man & Nation’: The End of Empire
- 4 Susan Cheever Speaks on Louisa May Alcott
November 2010
- 26 College Football Today: Ohio State’s Gordon Gee Speaks
- 26 Real Choices in the Defecit Debate: FDIC Chair’s WaPo Op Ed
- 24 ‘The Capital Levy’: Syme on Financiers & the Roman Revolution
- 22 Airline Security: Intimations of Our Shrinking Horizons
- 22 Security and Bankruptcy and Analogies
- 21 Business — A Profession? An Old Controversy Reignited
- 14 ‘Will the Circle be Unbroken’
- 14 ‘Invisible Empire of Sidewalks & Gutters’
- 11 Remembrance Day II: Eric Bogle on WWI
- 11 Remembrance Day I: Observances in Canada & the UK
- 9 Archosaur Cousins: Birds and ‘Gators
October 2010
- 31 Adam Smith’s Scottish Context: Rebellion, Repression & Clearances
- 31 The Old Invisible Hand Trick
- 30 Adam Smith’s ‘Invisible Hand’ & Today’s Need for Protectionism
- 30 Adam Gopnik on Adam Smith’s Real Question
- 23 Saturnalia: The National Review on Foreclosure Mess
- 20 An Index for Our Future: I Hope Not
- 20 Top Blogger on Blogging: Justin Fox on Martin Peretz
- 18 Foreclosure Follies: ‘Microlender forecloses on goat’
- 18 Libraries & Open Stacks: ‘Time Enough at Last’
- 13 The Foreclosure Flood: New (at Least to Me) Takes
- 11 HONK! If You Love Marching Bands & Ironies
- 10 The Sale of Caritas Christi: A Boston Tragedy
- 4 The Foreclosure Crises and Our Legal Infrastructure
September 2010
- 28 Principles for Responsible Investment: A Tough Road Ahead in the US
- 26 ‘By the Rivers of Babylon’: Song, Hope & Reality
- 24 ‘Agrarian Anxieties’: From Adam to ‘Shane’ via Cain
- 24 Greatest Baseball Game Ever Played: Kinescope Discovered
- 15 Child Labor: Pinsky on Blake’s ‘The Chimney Sweeper’
- 14 iTunes10: What an Improvement!
- 13 The National Loss of Trust: Right, Left & Center
- 7 ‘Ayn Rand: Goddess of the Great Recession’
- 6 Syria: The Consequences of the Bush-Cheney Churchill Complex
- 4 Brandeis: ‘The Right to Regularity of Employment’
- 3 Brandeis on Liquor Sales: License & Regulate
- 1 NFL’s Attendance Worries: My Solution
- 1 Rod Serling on Writing & The Twilight Zone
- 1 Separating Doctors from Industry: A Never-Ending Struggle?
August 2010
- 24 Acid Rain & Climate Change: Today’s NYT Editorial
- 21 Speaking of Waukegan….
- 21 Happy Birthday, Ray Bradbury
- 20 Budiansky on Localvores: ‘Local, Schmokal’
- 16 Tony Judt: Some Favorite Quotations
- 16 Marc Gunther & Adam Kanzer on Socially Responsible Investing
- 15 Tony Judt (1948-2010)
- 13 ‘The Comfort of the Pineapple Bed’
- 13 ‘Last Chance Harvey’
- 12 The Drug War and the Southern Border Crisis
- 12 Comment on a Comment
- 12 Intuitive iTunes
- 9 Religion & The Origins of Capitalism: Interview with Mark Valeri
- 6 Bruce Bartlett on Energy & the Environment
- 5 Farm Security Admin. (FSA) Color Images
- 5 ‘Bare Ruined Choirs’: A Trip Around Ohio
- 4 ‘Surprise! It’s Columbus!!’
July 2010
- 31 Flying into Rutland, VT
- 26 Vienna Declaration: Rethink Global War on Drugs
- 12 ‘Bobby, Martin & John’: Photos by Stanley Tretick at Southern Vermont Arts Center
- 6 The Loss of American Manufacturing Jobs: Intel’s Andy Grove & the Blogosphere Weigh In
- 4 GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt on US as ‘Pathetic Exporter’
