If you want to know, ask somebody: (ht: smallwarsjournal) Afghanistan: Seven Fundamental Questions by Major Mehar Omar Khan I know we live in a world that is real and is moved by minds – thinking, manipulating, conniving, conspiring, calculating and masquerading minds. Our world therefore seldom has a place for ‘sentiments’ – pure, sincere, honest […]
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The power of projection
by uttering a single word “liar” at an inopportune moment, first Maureen Dowd, the well known mind reader, and now Jimmy Carter (who’s anti-Semitism has been well documented by Christopher Hitchens) have authoritatively detected racism in Joe Wilson. As if it is inconceivable for opposition to the Dear Leader could possibly be on policy grounds. […]
Speech checklist
Blame Bush? check Call republicans lying, scaremongering politically expedient hacks? check Then invite republicans to be reasonable and cooperate? check Use fuzzy unsupportable numbers? check increase the partisanship? check have more other hands than an economist? check gloss over disconfirming facts (like CBO analysis)? check characterize opposition as haters and obstructionists and toadies to powerful […]
Traders roundtable: how does position sizing compare to diversification as a risk management tool?
In a recent traders roundtable discussion, our talk came around to a discussion of two different risk management tools: position sizing and portfolio diversification. The question became: which one of these strategies is more effective? The discussion led us to quickly reframe that question into one which said “how do both of these strategies, and […]
Lifting our voices: a reflection on Voice in curriculum, in doctoral research, in life
“Lifting our voices” by Ken Long (PAR journal entry J20090724.doc) In this essay I will describe a construct we are calling “Voice”, my background, my research, and some implications for the doctoral research process in general and how it is affecting Dr Alana and me in our mentor-mentee relationship. I am a retired Army officer, […]
Reflecting on theory and practice, part 1
From our doctoral cohort discussion group. I first want to describe my reaction to the articles on theory referenced below and then conclude with some thoughts about the relationship between theory and research. I began with the Feldman article, an editorial piece included at the front of a special edition of the Journal of Management […]
Palin’s false choice
“Many just accept that lame duck status, and they hit that road,” Palin said. “They draw a paycheck. They kind of milk it. And I’m not going to put Alaskans through that.” So the only choice she sees is quit or be a lame duck? how about doing the job she was elected to do […]
Biden discovers that the economy is worse than anyone thought
naturally, this is something they inherited. In other news, water is wet. Surely the next thing is to jump on the Krugman bandwagon and spend more money that we dont have. No policy recommendation coming out of these clowns has any recognition that if they are wrong on their presscriptions that we have committe an […]
Powell discovers Obama is spending too much money and growing the size of government
But dont worry, he has been talking to some people in the administration about it. Typical Powell: now he discovers his concerns about the growth in the size of government and sagely reminds us he has spoken to several of the people in the administrtaion about his concerns. In other news, Powell is concerned about […]
Palin: good riddance. can we get serious now?
Palin was the gift that kept on giving to the democrats. If she thinks the press is unbearable now, when she is a sideshow attraction, imagine the pressure she and Todd would have when all eyes are really focused on her. She can barely string 3 coherent connected sentences together. Quitting now gives the Dems […]