Worth considering some different perspectives on the subject. ===== WSJ 2/10/2018 by Anne Tergesen When saving for retirement, calculate your “number,” the amount you’ll need without running a big risk of depleting your savings. When in retirement, spend no more than 4% of your initial balance, adjusted annually for inflation. And when investing in retirement, start out with a relatively high percentage in riskier... Read more
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Last of the Over-The-Road Men
February 10 | Posted by mrossol | AI, American Thought, Work worldThis one for a good friend who lived this life for a while. Mr. Cohen has some wistful dreams, but I do wonder how many miles, and days, he actually spent in the seat he dreams about. ========= WSJ 2/10/2018 BY RICH COHEN THE REPORT was supposed to reassure those worried about the fate of the American trucker. Last week, Uber Advanced Technologies... Read more
You Can Do It!!
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, InterestingFor my friend, Grant. ===== WSJ 2/3/2018 BY ALEX HUTCHINSON The Mental Tricks Of Athletic Endurance Olympians often seem to achieve the impossible in competition. But what about the rest of us? New research suggests that even weekend athletes can dramatically extend their physical and psychological limits. For the Slovenian cross-country skier Petra Majdič, the unlikely key to Olympic glory was misdiagnosis. While warming... Read more
General Mattis
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, MilitaryBackbone… finally. ===== WSJ 2/7/2018 Congress spent Tuesday working on a budget deal to avoid another government shutdown, and one adult on Capitol Hill was Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who ripped America’s representatives for failing to provide reliable funding for the military. Mr. Mattis testified at the House Armed Services Committee about the 2018 defense strategy, among other topics, but noted with some acidity:... Read more
Country Doctor makes House Calls
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American ThoughtOh, for those days.. === By Bob Greene WSJ 2/9/2018 The relief in their eyes,” said Dr. Charles Kemper. “That’s _I_ what I saw when they opened the front door. There was often deep worry in their eyes, too, but the main thing I saw was relief: relief that I had come to their home, that I had arrived. That’s a look that... Read more
Who is this “Steele”?
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | FBI, StrasselWho, indeed… =========== WSJ 2/9/2018 Strassel America has been inundated by the words dossier, memo, collusion, FISA, Carter Page. They all come back to the actions of one man: Christopher Steele. Which is why the only news that matters this week is that the former British spy’s credibility has been dismantled. To the extent the U.S. press has focused on Mr. Steele,... Read more
