Month: May 2010

The Copperfield Dollar

What I have found interesting about the financial crisis of 2007-2010 as it is being referred to is that prior to the crisis there was a lot of money that was being invested in derivatives and other risky investments and yet...

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What Didn’t Change with HCR

This is a personal story. Don’t read any further if you don’t want to hear it. I do promise you it has a great ending, though, if you appreciate black comedy. As many of you know I have an autoimmune disorder that is...

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Dinner Guests

Ever play the dinner guest game? You pick five people from history to invite to dinner. For example, you could invite Martin Luther King Jr., Mohandes Ghandi, Jesus of Nazareth, Mohammed, and George W. Bush. Or you could invite...

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The Lay of the Land in Pennsylvania

On Saturday night I had dinner with some new friends in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania. Clifton Heights is an overwhelmingly white working class community in the heart of Joe Sestak’s district (which is anchored in Delaware...

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