Economics

St. Francis The first part of October is crammed with good feast days. St. Therese on October 1st, St. Francis today, St. Bruno in a few days. In honor of St. Francis Feast Day, I grabbed Joseph Pearce's Wisdom and Innocence, A Life of GK Chesterton off the

Happy Labor Day. Consistent with light holiday traffic patterns, I am blogging lightly today. I just have this fascinating piece from Zero Hedge: Wikileaks Discloses The Reason(s) Behind China's Shadow Gold Buying Spree [http://www.zerohedge.com/news/wikileaks-discloses-reasons-behind-chinas-shadow-gold-buying-spree]

Catholic Blog Surfing Bert Ghezzi is a genuinely good guy. I've corresponded with him on a few occasions, and he even expressed willingness to "go to bat" for me on a book proposal he liked (alas, even Bert can't overcome one's dearth

Time Management. Or, Increasing Self-Awareness I see friends take long lunches, run personal errands during work hours, drop by their houses in the middle of the afternoon, chat with colleagues, call on the phone and talk for 30 minutes with no apparent qualms. It got me thinking: How much

Stocks, Food, and Diet The stock market takes its biggest one-day lost since last August. There's fear back in the air. People see more and more signs of a double dip. Link [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576359003490165720.html?mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1&] . I don'

Happy Memorial Day. I expect a dearth of traffic today, consistent with past holiday experiences. I expect the traffic to be especially light, since the country is drying out for the first time in a week. We're expecting mostly sunny skies and our first 90-degree day. I&

Liars, Liars Unbelievable: Last Friday, it was reported that Greece was threatening to quit the Euro Zone and there would be an emergency meeting. The Eurogroup Chairman flat-out told the media that there would be no meeting. And now, it looks like he simply lied. Why? To preserve the

Making Land "They ain't makin' more of it." I hear that statement at least twice a year, usually when a client is buying real estate. I normally nod in sage agreement. Which has always been an ingenuous thing to do, since I agreed with the