“Everything in moderation.” Herbert Rossol ============ “Saturated fat does not cause heart disease”—or so concluded a big study published in March in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. How could this be? The very cornerstone of dietary advice for generations has been that the saturated fats in butter, cheese and red meat should be avoided because they clog our arteries. For many... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
When Your Dream Job Disappoints, How to Find Plan B
April 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Personal DevelopmentEspecially for all of the young adults I know and love. =========== After years of planning, preparing and perhaps paying for an extra degree, you finally land your dream job—and discover you don’t like it. It’s a surprisingly common dilemma. The idea of a “dream job” is drilled into job seekers these days. Increasingly, people expect to find jobs that provide not only... Read more
Putin Acts, Obama Assesses
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Crimea, Obama, Russia, UkraineAren’t you glad we have such a reflective President? ====== The White House on Monday said there was “overwhelming evidence” that Russia is stirring the unrest in eastern Ukraine, but President Obama hasn’t yet decided if further sanctions are warranted. That’s how the Associated Press put its dispatch from Washington on the crisis in Ukraine, and the juxtaposition is a perfect summary... Read more
“..persons with no particular expertise..”
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Politically correctAt least one body of the US Govt is paying attention… ===== A big story of President Obama’s second term is how federal courts are overturning executive abuses. But sometimes the prosecution is so outrageous, and the legal smackdown so sublime, that the episode deserves special recognition. Such is the case with last week’s hilariously caustic rebuke of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... Read more
High-Frequency Hyperbole
April 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EconomicsSecond article. Some good stuff. ========== A few nights ago, CBS’s “60 Minutes” provided a forum for author Michael Lewis to announce that Wall Street is “rigged” and for the sponsors of a new trading venue called IEX to promise to unrig it. The focus of the TV segment was high-frequency trading, or HFT, an innovation now over 20 years old. The stock... Read more
