The wrong way to invest in a secular bear market is to lunge after stocks even at these multi-year lows. We’re still mired in a severe credit-inflicted recession that will probably keep a lid on growth for the next few years until leverage in the financial system is finally exhausted. However, con...

Alaska Dispatch: After sitting through way too many hours of Alaska Board of Game deliberations in recent days, I'm hard pressed to say what disturbs me most about the events that transpired in Anchorage's Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center. Which is most awful, I wonder: that the Board is intensi...

I'm not sure I've ever witnessed a more disgraceful performance by a so-called journalist than what transpired on Wednesday's "Hardball."  In fact, from the moment MSNBC's Chris Matthews introduced his guest, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, the "Hardball" host ...

Today the markets rose violently in what was assuredly a long overdue relief rally. Whether you've been bearish or bullish, today's move probably did little to change your overall stance, nor should it have surprised you given the massive carnage we've seen year-to-date. It may seem like a truism, b...

   My son moved into a new house a couple of weeks ago off of California and Oak street. He, his wife, six month old daughter and one year old Blue Nose pit bull Smokey. Regardless of what you have heard about pit's, Smokey is a real sweetheart, he will lick you to death.   ...

What a wild ride it's been at Lego.  First in mid-2006 Bill told us about their initial decisions to outsource manufacturing. The only trick the ponies from McKinsey know is outsourcing, which is exactly what [CEO] Jørgen Vig Knudstorp did.  The work in the U.S. plant in Connecticut is being sent...

The obvious title was "much ado about nothing" but when even Tory Diary could only elicit ten comments on its own piece, the lesser-spotted version was clearly more appropriate. It was actually The Daily Telegraph that got most worked up about it. The excitable James Kirkup breathlessly reported tha...

Does it say "Mohammed was a goat fucking rapist?" Because if it does, that would be so cool..... HAIL – A consultant from Saudi Aramco has come forward with a solution to the fate of the Hail sorcerer’s house which has provoked debate among residents and religious scholars since its di...

I originally was not going to say anything, but the more that I thought about this the more upset I got. To be honest, ultimately I will not ask for an apology; I'm going to let it go, but before I do, I will exercise my Right to express my opinion about what happened last night on the Woodshed and ...

I originally was not going to say anything, but the more that I thought about this the more upset I got. To be honest, ultimately I will not ask for an apology; I'm going to let it go, but before I do, I will exercise my Right to express my opinion about what happened last night on the Woodshed and ...