Jack on May 12th, 2009

A long time ago, I learned that one should not begin a letter–and I suppose now an email, blog, tweet, etc., with an excuse. Nonetheless, I will mention this now and expand on it in a subsequent post; there have been a lot of issues going on, not the least of  which is being ill [...]

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Jack on March 30th, 2009

One would expect an economics professor from Harvard, and a president emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research at that, to know whereof they speak on matters of dollars and cents. Martin Feldstein argues that the Obama administration should withdraw its proposal to reduce the charitable tax deduction of higher income (over $250,00 for [...]

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Jack on November 25th, 2008

Huh? What is financial faith? Do you believe the Sun will rise tomorrow in the East? Sure you do; it’s been doing that as long as you can remember and you expect it to do so again and again. Financial commentators, for the most part, will assure you that the stock market, home prices, and [...]

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Jack on June 5th, 2008

I will confess to being gratified that Obama has secured the nomination. I will also confess to complete mystification at the comments of some supporters of Hillary that they have been disenfranchised; that their votes have been ignored or don’t count. In any election, someone wins and someone loses. The loser’s votes were counted, they [...]

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Jack on May 31st, 2008

Sorry for the long gap. I hope I didn’t lose the few of you who have been reading this. Look for a regular stream of posts again, perhaps more regular than before.

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Jack on May 4th, 2008

Placeholder day. Passed through Pittsburgh long enough to visit the SGI-USA center on Noblestown Rd. On to Columbus Ohio and tomorrow to Indianpolis. Will try to find some redeeming words to impart about something soon.

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Jack on April 27th, 2008

I have not been posting much this week and that will continue the coming week as I get ready for a multi-state journey in the RV. Once I get going, posts will be shorter but near normal frequency. Stay tuned.

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Jack on February 17th, 2008

I will be back in blog land in a couple more days. Please don’t go away, whoever you are out there.

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Jack on February 9th, 2008

We left Virginia on Wednesday, spent a night in Lumberton, NC and a night north of Jacksonville before arriving at the Florida Nature and Culture Center on Friday. Weather is great and we will be getting lots of inspiration for our endeavors at this conference for members of the SGI-USA Arts Division. From here, it [...]

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Jack on December 31st, 2007

Will it be? Happy that is? It isn’t the year that is happy or not, it is we who experience it who are happy or not. What makes me happy? Knowing that I can overcome any obstacle I face, achieve any goal I set. That doesn’t mean things always happen according to the agenda I [...]

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