You Want Peace? Prepare for War

Dr. Robert J. Aumann, Nobel Prize Laureate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem remarks about the current challenges in Israel: “We are like a mountain-climber that gets caught in a snowstorm; the night falls, he is cold and tired, and

A Newbies View on “24″

I hadn’t really heard of the Fox television action series starring Kiefer Sutherland until recently… Son Leonard and I started watching 24 with the back-to-back 2-hour episodes that launched their 2007 season.   We were impressed enough with some of the rugged

What is Sales & Marketing?

The buzz word in today’s business world is “MARKETING”. However, people often ask for a simple explanation of “marketing.” Well, here it is: 1. You’re a woman and you see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to

Stanford beats UCLA

I just wrote a posting about the overrated Ohio State basketball team.  Well, here is an example of an underrated team beating high-flying competition.  The Stanford Cardinals, composed of a bunch of “white boys”, beat the top-ranked UCLA Bruins.  Stanford

OSU Basketball: Overrated

I just caught the end of the Ohio State .vs. Michigan State basketball game (a narrow win for OSU), and one word comes to mind: overrated.  OSU has some great individual athletes, but it’s just painful watching how they play

More on the Climate

The Houston Chronicle quotes Kevin Vranes, a climate scientist at the University of Colorado: “A few climate scientists are beginning to question whether some dire [global warming] predictions push the science too far. Some of us are wondering if we