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Friday, December 23rd, 2011Every once in a while, a movie comes out that knocks my socks off. “Arthur Christmas” (produced by those lovely English lunatics who brought you “Chicken Run” and “Wallace & Grommit”) did just that. Oh, it was clever. We now know why you can’t find Santa’s workshop on Google Earth (underground tunnels), [...]
Note to First Mortgage - don’t be a Grinch!
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011Lesliane Bouchard has her share of problems. According to her daughter, Kristiane Chappell, Ms. Bouchard is disabled and completely bedridden due to a painful spinal injury. And if that wasn’t bad enough, it seems that Ms. Bouchard and her family may not have a very merry Christmas this year. Her mortgage company, [...]
Physicians, heal somebody!
Monday, December 19th, 2011Our family had an interesting run with the medical profession last week. A particularly long-lasting bout of flu sent me to the local walk-in clinic. I actually had to sign an arbitration agreement before a doctor would even see me, for pity’s sake. When she finally did, she told me to take [...]
Re-hire a vet!
Friday, December 16th, 2011Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s talk about something very, very current. The war in Iraq is officially over, effective this week. That should mean that a lot of war-weary veterans are going to be coming home soon, and a lot of them are going to need [...]
Why would anyone market to madmen?
Thursday, December 15th, 2011The November 28th issue of Newsweek featured the story of John Matthews, the FBI mole who spent almost a decade infiltrating right-wing terrorist organizations in the United States. The story offered a fascinating description of how Matthews repeatedly risked his life supporting the FBI’s efforts to prevent home-grown terrorist attacks. It also contained [...]
Chicago anchorwoman’s Santa apology flopped!
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011Chicago Fox anchorwoman Robin Robinson probably wishes she could hide out at the North Pole after encouraging parents not to let their kids believe in Santa. “Stop trying to convince your kids that Santa is Santa,” Robinson said to cohost Bob Sirott during a segment on December 2nd. “That’s why they have these high [...]
Stick to your guns!
Friday, December 2nd, 2011Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, I want to focus on an issue that can be of particular concern to professionals. For my example, let’s look at Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician who was recently convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of superstar Michael Jackson. The facts of this [...]
Should we fear another credit downgrade?
Thursday, December 1st, 2011My friends at TheStreet.com recently gave me an opportunity to think and write about what it might mean for the country if Standard & Poors or one of the other rating agencies were to downgrade our national credit rating again in light of the fact that the Congressional supercommittee failed to come to a deal [...]
Are Black Friday deals really to die for?
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011The Christmas shopping season is upon us once again. Black Friday - the biggest shopping day of the year - proved to be a massacre as retailers nationwide opened their doors on Thanksgiving night to give their customers a jump on holiday deals. YouTube is crammed with footage of shoppers behaving badly, rioting [...]
The supercommittee failed - now what?
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011Well, all the dire predictions came true. Despite many hours of meetings and negotiations, the Congressional supercommittee that was supposed to come up with a plan to cut the national deficit wasn’t able to deliver on deadline. It’s not a surprise, really. After all, if Congress as a whole couldn’t come up [...]
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