Professor Ralph E. TurnerProfessor 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, 2024Multifamily Boot CampInvesting in multifamily rental apartment properties.
April 6, 2021Whalley, Goffe & Dixwell"You are either Whalley, Goffe or the Devil for there is no other man who can beat me."
October 29, 2020Coincidence"A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection."
October 29, 2020DACA "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, 2018Nuclear CodesIs this an opportune time to reconsider the authority to dispatch our nuclear weapons?
April 17, 2016Model Yachting Group Launches an Exciting Technological InnovationA solution to the problem of frequent altercations at the windward mark.
September 25, 2012History of the Pequot Running ClubThe Club dates back to 1976 and its Thanksgiving Day Race has grown into a Connecticut tradition.
September 25, 2012Sasquatch (Bigfoot) runs in Thanksgiving Day RaceAn eight foot tall mythical creature runs every year in the Pequot Running Club Five Mile Thanksgiving Day Race.
April 1, 2012Will 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, 2012Notes Notes on; Standing at Work, Capital Punishment, Aircraft Carriers, Distance Learning and TV ads.
November 10, 2011Presidential Authority to Launch a Nuclear AttackLeaders of nations with nuclear weapons have unlimited power to launch a nuclear attack.
December 31, 2009The Power of Life & DeathWith 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, 2009Strategic Redeployment - A Better Alternative in IraqThe Democratic leadership in Congress must articulate a specific plan with regard to Iraq. The alternatives are identified and considered.
September 25, 2007Stop Placing US Lives at Risk in IraqWhat 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, 2007Introduction 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, 2005People 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, 2005The careful language of Alberto R. GonzalesWe 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, 2004Weapons of Mass Destruction - The Role of the United StatesThroughout history, the advantages yielded by advances in weapons technology are rapidly dissipated as adversaries adopt and improve each innovation.
March 18, 2004Domestic Political Theater and ResponsibilityNow, with the publication of the Abu Ghraib photographs, the painful costs of political theater have come home.
January 23, 2004A Letter to Senator LiebermanYou are one of the few Americans of international stature who can apply pressure to both sides without fear of losing political support.
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