A rudimentary understanding of management theory inevitably includes the common distinction between an organization's "mission" and its "vision." Missions are achievable goals; send a man to the moon. When you complete a mission, its … [Read more...]
Archives for September 21, 2011
Unprecedented hurricane devastates New England
On this day in 1938. As the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities observes: New Englanders woke on the 21st and went about their weekday routines. At least they did until the storm broke in mid-afternoon. Within minutes, the … [Read more...]
Yahoo blocks Wall Street protester emails – protesters plan to stay on Wall Street indefinitely
There are 799 articles I could find online about the building protests and disruption of Wall Street. STILL no coverage by the Boston Globe or the Boston Herald. Here is the article about Yahoo blocking email sent by the Wall Street … [Read more...]
Scott Brown is Toast
Elizabeth Warren on Morning Joe. Great job! A real Democrat! You should watch. My attempt at embedding the video did not work (problem is with MSNBC, I think), but here's the link. [Here's the embed. -ed.] Visit msnbc.com for … [Read more...]
GOP Tries to Eat the FED
When I was in high school 30 years ago, I was taught that the Federal Reserve Board was supposed to be above politics. Members of the Board of Governors serve 14-year terms, which allows them to transcend at least some of the day-to-day … [Read more...]
Big Monetary Policy Happenings
A big test of the seriousness and worthiness of our Democratic senate candidates will be the extent to which they comment on recent news related to the Federal Reserve Board's Federal Open Market Committee's recent decision to do some more … [Read more...]
Scott: On Middle Class Issues, I Walk Walk, While EW Merely Talks Talk
A post from a couple days ago included some discussion as to who deserved more credit for getting the Consumer Protection Bureau included in last year’s Financial Reform Act: Elizabeth Warren, whose idea it was, or Scott Brown, who … [Read more...]
Junk Food Subsidies
The Twinkie Tax If you asked most Americans where they thought their tax dollars should go, “making high fructose corn syrup cheaper to produce” probably wouldn’t come out too high on the list. And yet, we’ve spent billions over the … [Read more...]
Scott Brown Doesn’t Care About Polls, Except When He Does
Poor Scott. Our esteemed junior senator seems to have stepped in it while talking to the press yesterday. Brown was questioned about the recent poll which shows him vulnerable to a Democratic challenge. Scott Brown's campaign had earlier … [Read more...]
MASSterList: Brown ducks LGBT question at DADT dinner – Local prelims sort out Nov. fields – Keiko wins
DON’T ASK: Even though he was honored by Log Cabin Republicans for supporting the repeal of DADT, Sen. Scott Brown isn’t super excited to answer Politico’s questions about his position on LGBT issues. I guess DADT still applies, but only to … [Read more...]