Author Archives: Stan

“End of America as we know it”…? Yeah, no.

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Stan

Bill Ackman, hedge fund manager and oft-times gambler betting on the downside, says he’s an optimist.  While he exhorts the President and our national leaders to shut the country down for a month.  If we don’t, he says, the America … Continue reading →

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Let’s get a grip

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Stan

I have an answer as to why, inexplicably, people are stocking up on toilet paper.  They are waiting hundreds deep in lines to empty the rolls from store shelves. First, we have to remember that humans are wired for mimicry.  … Continue reading →

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The American Dream: Letter to a friend

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Stan

Hi My Friend! Thank you for forwarding the article in the Wall Street Journal, “The American Dream is Alive and Well”, by Michael R. Strain.  In that article, he proposes that the “populist” concern about the demise of the “American … Continue reading →

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Visiting Berlin

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Stan

A few years ago I visited Berlin for a business meeting.  First time to the city. I grew up during the Cold War, which was always threatening to heat up.  We hunkered under our wooden school desks to prepare for … Continue reading →

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