Monthly Archives: November 2012

Aoun on Higher Education

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I am basically a higher education person, more comfortable in an institution than out on my own, and more comfortable in a non-profit, mission-based organization than in a for-profit one.  I recognize this to be a matter of … Continue reading →

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Palladio Award Winner

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: Palladio Award Winner Andrea Palladio was one of the greatest architects the world has ever known.  He was born in Padua in 1508 and died near Traviso in 1580.  He is mainly known for the 23 surviving villas … Continue reading →

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A return of the term “financial repression”

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: A return of the term “financial repression”. As we head down the path blazed by Argentina, we need to understand the concept of “financial repression”.  It was a term used years ago to describe the downward spiraling economies … Continue reading →

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Is this a trick?

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Burial insurance from Senior Life Insurance company advertises that policyholders get lifetime coverage!

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The Collapse, Part Three

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This is Part Three of a three-part series. Part One of this series is here. Part Two is here. As helpful as those resources are, though, I confess that temperamentally I’m not of the “We can make … Continue reading →

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All What Jazz

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: To my post on the possible demise of jazz, dearieme wrote in to say that the chap to read is Larkin. Larkin being the poet Philip Larkin (subject of this recent article, link thanks to Arts & Letters Daily). … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: “I ceased in the year 1764 to believe that one can convince one’s opponents with arguments printed in books. It is not to do that, therefore, that I have taken up my pen, but merely so as … Continue reading →

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The Collapse, Part Two

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This is Part Two of a three-part series. Part One is here. Another distinction that I’ve found useful is between people who think the current system can be responsibly and successfully managed and people who think that our … Continue reading →

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The Collapse, Part One

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This is Part One of a three-part series. Since my recent retirement, the main way I’ve been busying myself intellectually has been in trying to make sense of the financial collapse of 2008. “What on earth just … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: “I leaf through now one book, now another, without order and without a plan, by disconnected fragments…If I encounter difficulties in reading, I do not gnaw my nails over them; I leave them there. I do nothing … Continue reading →

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