Interesting story from George Will with important facts and figures: …in 2006, blacks, who are less than 13 percent of the population, were 37.5 percent of all state and federal prisoners. About one in 33 black men was in prison, compared
Category: Business
Rex TV & Appliance
Update – It was interesting to read the business section of the Dayton Daily News and see that others are finally making observations I made nearly two years ago (see below). I commend Rex’s CEO, Stuart Rose, for his resourcefulness in
StubHub — Seller Beware!
Update – My contacting the Better Business Bureau (BBB) helped us to finally get paid from StubHub. Interestingly, as part of closing the case, the SubHub Customer Care representative told the BBB that they were refunding my $60 fee (see
Petroleum, Capitalism, and Socialism
The cost-of-energy crisis has one benefit. It has helped clarify the economic positions of Democrats versus Republicans. While the capitalistic Republicans cajole everyone about drilling for oil in Alaska and along the coast lines, the socialist Democrats scream about nationalizing the
The Tool Changes the Brain
A young Computer Scientist named Leonard, who will be attending Carnegie Mellon University sent me this article, “Is Google Making us Stupid?”. The article describes how the use of the Internet is changing our thinking processes: My mind now expects to take
Pima Air & Space Museum
Since I live near one of the best aerospace museums in the World (National Museum of the Air Force), I typically don’t visit aircraft museums elsewhere. However, since the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona was only a few
What’s the Software License Agreement Say?
If you’re a user of desktop software, you’ve undoubtedly installed Microsoft software with a screen that popped up asking you to accept the End User License Agreement (EULA). The Daily Cup of Tech site has a nice human interpretation of all the
Automotive Industry Decline is Impacting Ohio
I was recently talking with my sons about the pending closure of the GM assembly plant in a south suburb of Dayton. With the closure of multiple Delphi plants and the 2010 shutdown of the GM SUV assembly plant, Dayton
Drilling for Oil
An interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about the coming oil investment boom. I agree with the author’s contention that the increased price of petroleum will motivate all sorts of new research and drilling…
Airline Add-On Fees
Do you ever feel like the airlines are charging you fees for everything now?