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Greatest Pain

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You know, the greatest pain for me…was the loss of associates…many of whom had been with me for a decade or more.  We had the opportunity, at a prior time, to shut down the entire…;

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Replicate

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It is certainly not the end. And some might actually call it the beginning…of a new set of challenges and issues to solve. My objective is to replicate what we did, but first, I have…;

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How Milton Friedman Saved Chile

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WSJ Page A-21 – Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by: Bret Stephens How Milton Friedman Saved Chile: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703411304575093572032665414 In a tale of two earthquakes, one in Haiti and the other one in Chile (the story is…;

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Isabella Redux

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She rounded the bushes at 141 Trismen from the Iofreddo house, as if she had dropped in from a different dimension in time.  She looked at me, at 6 years old, and started talking.  She…;

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Mismatched/ A Simple Fragment

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Trade, travel, tourism, and technology have globalized the economies of the world.  So, our economy is global but our politics are national, which means that they are clearly mismatched.    Not a great revelation, but…;

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Scientists: A Random Act of Violence

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Take a look at the article below. It comes from the Orlando Sentinel, from the Tribune newspapers, identifying the fact that it has now been declared to be settled science that the cause of extinction…;

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The Marriage Ref

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It didn’t bother me when I saw the Marriage Ref and wondered what in the world it was. It also didn’t bother me that I personally thought the Marriage Ref was an absolute bust. It…;

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No Man Left Behind

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I’ve never been in the military. My Dad was. He was Air Force. He fought in World War II . . . in Italy. He took his discharge after the war, spent two years in…;

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Monotheism & Universal Brotherhood

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As I was pouring over the various news clips this morning about Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, and so forth, a thought occurred to me. Monotheism took over in Israel when Josiah, the King of…;

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