As a master orator, Obama faced expectations for his inaugural speech that were infused with the stratospheric hopes of his audience. Reporters were panting to print the phrase for the ages surely to pass from his lips. If one more reference were made to FDR’s first inaugural address, Roosevelt would start to fear that his...
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Barak Obama is now safely installed as the first American president of African descent. January 20, 2009 was a great day of global celebration. People in all nations rightly rejoiced when Obama took the oath of office. You could just feel the collective sigh of relief on every continent. After eight long years, I actually look...
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By now all of us know that US Airways flight 1549 landed in the Hudson River after losing both engines in what appears to be a bird strike. My take on this story is a little different from others, perhaps because I am a pilot. I have a problem with how quickly we now assign the label “hero” to acts of competence. I...
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We have short memories, and as a consequence we keep perpetuating the same myths and mistakes as if the past is nothing but a black void offering no lessons for the future. The unquestioned conventional wisdom that China will be the next economic superpower is a case in point. In making that claim we have clearly forgotten the...
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Intelligent Design and the Future Face of the Republican Party

The governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, is said to be the great hope for the Republican Party. He is seen as the perfect conservative counterpoint to the power of Barack Obama’s multicultural background. The son of immigrants from Punjab, Jindal...
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I will prove to you that everything you thought about Wall Street is wrong. Choose any famous money manager or Wall Street guru or any billionaire, and I will show you that none has ever done better than chance over time in predicting market movement. That includes David Swensen, Warren Buffet or any senior analyst at any major...
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