On Thursday June 25, a Congressional committee subjected the Fed Chairman, Dr. Ben Bernanke, to an accusatory interrogation about the events surrounding the acquisition of Merrill Lunch by Bank of America. This was an amazing spectacle because we simply could not believe the utter stupidity of the Congressional Representatives on that committee. It was disgusting…
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Unless you live on Mars or Venus, you know about the events in Iran. The pictures and videos of the massive protests in Tehran are amazing. Reports indicate that an estimated 3 million people attended the demonstration in Tehran last Monday. As we write this, the situation seems to have entered a stalemate of sorts after…
“La parole nous a été donnée pour déguiser notre pensée.” – Speech was given to us to conceal our thoughts. – Talleyrand Nicknamed as the Prince of Diplomats, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord is regarded as one of the most versatile and influential diplomats in European history. Talleyrand served as a minister to the House of…
Editor’s Note: We are indebted to Mr. Raj Mundhe, an avid reader and an old friend, for bringing the Wall Street Journal article to our attention. Mr. Raj Mundhe, a noted Financial Advisor in metro Boston, has helped this blog on earlier occasions as well. For that, we thank him.During our visit to Mumbai last December,…
In our May 2 article Wall Street Journal vs. Financial Times, we wrote about the Limousine Liberals of the 1980s. “In those days, it was fashionable to praise England for being a “cultured” society. We felt then and we know now, that “cultured” was a code-word for absence of colored people and colored influences. In…
Editor’s Note: In this new series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with brief comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedding of the clips into our articles. So we shall have to be content to include the links to the actual videoclips. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about…
There are four changes to our Top 10 list since our last monthly update on May 9. “Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Of Yale & Erin Burnett Of CNBC – Read The China-India Article in Foreign Affairs“ – has jumped from 9th place to 1st place. “Flagrant Foul on Mark Haines and Erin Burnett – Their Conversation about India’s…
One day, I got the happy news that my friend Bob had become the proud father of a baby girl. After two boys, Bob really wanted a girl. So I expected Bob to be very happy when I went down to his office to congratulate him. Instead, I found Bob scowling to himself and crumpling papers…
About 18 months ago, a Chinese graduate student we knew was killed in a race-based violent incident near Columbia University. This was a very bright, personable young man of great promise. His senseless death appalled the Chinese Student community in Columbia and galvanized the University into taking steps.The highest officials at Columbia got involved; they worked actively…