Whalley, Goffe & Dixwell were three of the Regicides who condemned King Charles I to death in 1649. Their story intersects with my family history and I wrote a short essay about them for one of my university reunions. If you click here you will be taken to a pdf of the essay with pictures.
Professor Ralph E. Turner
Professor Turner was my favorite teacher at Yale and I found out recently that he had a fascinating back story that I never knew about.
February 13, 2024
Multifamily Boot Camp
Investing in multifamily rental apartment properties.
April 6, 2021
Whalley, Goffe & Dixwell
"You are either Whalley, Goffe or the Devil for there is no other man who can beat me."
October 29, 2020
Coincidence
"A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection."
October 29, 2020
DACA "Dreamers"
DACA kids (young people who were brought into the US illegally when they were under 16) are in danger of being deported while we will accept nearly anyone who has $500,000 to invest in a US business.
January 4, 2018
Nuclear Codes
Is this an opportune time to reconsider the authority to dispatch our nuclear weapons?
April 17, 2016
Model Yachting Group Launches an Exciting Technological Innovation
A solution to the problem of frequent altercations at the windward mark.
September 25, 2012
History of the Pequot Running Club
The Club dates back to 1976 and its Thanksgiving Day Race has grown into a Connecticut tradition.
September 25, 2012
Sasquatch (Bigfoot) runs in Thanksgiving Day Race
An eight foot tall mythical creature runs every year in the Pequot Running Club Five Mile Thanksgiving Day Race.
April 1, 2012
Will the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission change the way corporate managers are selected and promoted?
With the recent Supreme Court decision, senior management is likely to again become interested in the ideological persuasion of candidates for advancement to the top corporate jobs.
January 14, 2012
Notes
Notes on; Standing at Work, Capital Punishment, Aircraft Carriers, Distance Learning and TV ads.
November 10, 2011
Presidential Authority to Launch a Nuclear Attack
Leaders of nations with nuclear weapons have unlimited power to launch a nuclear attack.
December 31, 2009
The Power of Life & Death
With a single order and acting by himself, the President of the United States has the power to initiate nuclear warfare. Is it time to rethink this authority?
October 12, 2009
Strategic Redeployment - A Better Alternative in Iraq
The Democratic leadership in Congress must articulate a specific plan with regard to Iraq. The alternatives are identified and considered.
September 25, 2007
Stop Placing US Lives at Risk in Iraq
What we have spent in Iraq in lives and money is now a “sunk cost.” Going into Iraq was a terrible and tragic decision made by a handful of men and a few women at the center of our government.
January 18, 2007
Introduction of Nobel Prize Winner James Heckman at The Harris School of Public Policy Studies - University of Chicago, Board Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 16 -18, 2005
People like Professor Heckman do the heavy lifting for all of us. This is difficult and sometimes lonely work. Money, fame and outside pressures tempt scholars to select data and skew conclusions to fit prevailing dogma. Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
November 17, 2005
The careful language of Alberto R. Gonzales
We are really saying that we will observe the principles of the Geneva Convention if and when it suits us. Otherwise, we can do whatever we want to these individuals.
May 15, 2004
Weapons of Mass Destruction - The Role of the United States
Throughout history, the advantages yielded by advances in weapons technology are rapidly dissipated as adversaries adopt and improve each innovation.
March 18, 2004
Domestic Political Theater and Responsibility
Now, with the publication of the Abu Ghraib photographs, the painful costs of political theater have come home.
January 23, 2004
A Letter to Senator Lieberman
You are one of the few Americans of international stature who can apply pressure to both sides without fear of losing political support.
April 22, 2002
Professor Turner was my favorite teacher at Yale and I found out recently that he had a fascinating back story that I never knew about.
February 13, 2024
Multifamily Boot Camp
Investing in multifamily rental apartment properties.
April 6, 2021
Whalley, Goffe & Dixwell
"You are either Whalley, Goffe or the Devil for there is no other man who can beat me."
October 29, 2020
Coincidence
"A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection."
October 29, 2020
DACA "Dreamers"
DACA kids (young people who were brought into the US illegally when they were under 16) are in danger of being deported while we will accept nearly anyone who has $500,000 to invest in a US business.
January 4, 2018
Nuclear Codes
Is this an opportune time to reconsider the authority to dispatch our nuclear weapons?
April 17, 2016
Model Yachting Group Launches an Exciting Technological Innovation
A solution to the problem of frequent altercations at the windward mark.
September 25, 2012
History of the Pequot Running Club
The Club dates back to 1976 and its Thanksgiving Day Race has grown into a Connecticut tradition.
September 25, 2012
Sasquatch (Bigfoot) runs in Thanksgiving Day Race
An eight foot tall mythical creature runs every year in the Pequot Running Club Five Mile Thanksgiving Day Race.
April 1, 2012
Will the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission change the way corporate managers are selected and promoted?
With the recent Supreme Court decision, senior management is likely to again become interested in the ideological persuasion of candidates for advancement to the top corporate jobs.
January 14, 2012
Notes
Notes on; Standing at Work, Capital Punishment, Aircraft Carriers, Distance Learning and TV ads.
November 10, 2011
Presidential Authority to Launch a Nuclear Attack
Leaders of nations with nuclear weapons have unlimited power to launch a nuclear attack.
December 31, 2009
The Power of Life & Death
With a single order and acting by himself, the President of the United States has the power to initiate nuclear warfare. Is it time to rethink this authority?
October 12, 2009
Strategic Redeployment - A Better Alternative in Iraq
The Democratic leadership in Congress must articulate a specific plan with regard to Iraq. The alternatives are identified and considered.
September 25, 2007
Stop Placing US Lives at Risk in Iraq
What we have spent in Iraq in lives and money is now a “sunk cost.” Going into Iraq was a terrible and tragic decision made by a handful of men and a few women at the center of our government.
January 18, 2007
Introduction of Nobel Prize Winner James Heckman at The Harris School of Public Policy Studies - University of Chicago, Board Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 16 -18, 2005
People like Professor Heckman do the heavy lifting for all of us. This is difficult and sometimes lonely work. Money, fame and outside pressures tempt scholars to select data and skew conclusions to fit prevailing dogma. Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
November 17, 2005
The careful language of Alberto R. Gonzales
We are really saying that we will observe the principles of the Geneva Convention if and when it suits us. Otherwise, we can do whatever we want to these individuals.
May 15, 2004
Weapons of Mass Destruction - The Role of the United States
Throughout history, the advantages yielded by advances in weapons technology are rapidly dissipated as adversaries adopt and improve each innovation.
March 18, 2004
Domestic Political Theater and Responsibility
Now, with the publication of the Abu Ghraib photographs, the painful costs of political theater have come home.
January 23, 2004
A Letter to Senator Lieberman
You are one of the few Americans of international stature who can apply pressure to both sides without fear of losing political support.
April 22, 2002