My son, Benedict Joseph, was born today at 11:44am at Caritas Norwood Hospital. He was 7lb 9oz, which is the exact weight that Isabella was when she was born. Melanie and Benedict are doing okay. This was the most painful surgery for Melanie, but... [Continue Reading]
What kids in high school really need to learn is personal and civic economics. You can’t help but notice how so many people don’t understand even the basics of finance related to bother their personal lives and to the public matters that... [Continue Reading]
Sunday’s successful conclusion of the hostage situation off the coast of Somalia, where pirates were holding Captain Richard Philips, captain of an American freighter, is not to be dismissed. The intrepidity of the US Navy Seals who made the... [Continue Reading]
If you’re creating a new messiah, then you’ve got to have the requisite hagiography/infancy narrative. The Obama Messiah blog points us to this children’s biography of Obama, designed to indoctrinate the younglings early:... [Continue Reading]
The Massachusetts Senate president wants the taxpayers to know who’s really in charge. And it’s not the taxpayers. Sen. Therese Murray went before a Boston business community meeting this week to ask for their help to... [Continue Reading]
Here’s a weird one: The co-pilot of an Air Canada flight had a crying, screaming emotional breakdown over the Atlantic. Yelling, crying and invoking God, the co-pilot of an Air Canada flight from Toronto to London had to be forcibly removed... [Continue Reading]
Here’s an interesting observation: Frank Capra’s movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” provides an excellent basic economics education, as well as a brief primer and introduction to the financial services industry in this... [Continue Reading]
My uncle sent me this link to a Time magazine photo essay, “What the World Eats.” In a series of 16 photographs, they show families from around the world of varying sizes, what that family consumes in a typical week, and how much they... [Continue Reading]
This is great news! Peter Jackson will produce “The Hobbit” movie. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson; Harry Sloan, Chairman and CEO, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM); Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs... [Continue Reading]