The pending exit of the U.K. from the European Union (i.e. Brexit) has created many questions around the future of London as a global financial center. London, along with New York, have been the reigning global financial centers, but London’s pending loss of direct access to the EU places its position under jeopardy. While London […]
Couch potatoes rejoice, another Summer Olympics has arrived to provide us endless hours of superhuman feats of physical (and mental) spectacle for our entertainment in obscure sports we only see every four years (handball anyone!?!). While it is easy to get caught up in the patriotic circus that is the Olympics, I find myself conflicted […]
1970’s Made in USA=Quality Big Things Made in China=Communists Made in Japan=Cheap Stuff Made in Mexico=Tequila Made in Hong Kong=Cheap Toys 1990’s Made in USA=Crappy Big Things Made in China=Communists Made in Japan=Cool Electronics Made in Mexico=Everything that used to be made in the USA; Not as Good but Cheaper Made in Hong Kong=Suits and […]
It seems every week there is a new acronym for a group of nations cooperating economically–from the G7 or is that G8, and the G20 to ASEAN, APEC, CAFTA and CONCACAF, not to mention NAFTA and the EU. While most of these groupings are logical from a geographic, political, or economic synergy sense, another national […]
Yes, the Irish famine did occur, but it didn’t need to. On this coming St. Patrick’s day when everyone celebrates the glory of the Irish, I felt it necessary to help spread the real story of the Irish famine of the mid-1800’s. In 1847 alone, 400,000 Irish died and a total of almost 1,500,000 died […]
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