Windfall Tax Smindfall Tax
As you may have heard, Republicans in the United States Senate recently stalled a proposal to impose a 25% tax on “unreasonable” profits from the 5 largest U.S. oil companies.
Article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_go_co/congress_oil_profits Read more
What is gravity and do you have any?
Isaac Newton is credited with first putting gravity on the scientific map with his universal law of gravitation.
According to Newton, “every particle in the universe exerts an attractive force on every other particle.” A particle by definition is “a piece of matter, small enough in size to be regarded as a mathematical point.”[1] Read more
Is it really worth it to wait in line for cheap gas?
I went to Wal-Mart the other day and noticed huge lines at the gas station where a gallon of regular was selling for $3.749.
Cars were lined up 2-3 deep. Read more
Confused? Feeling down? Complete this.
Here’s a simple, great way to find out more about what you really want out of life.
It’s called the sentence completion method and I found out about it when I read Nathaniel Branden’s The Psychology of Self-Esteem.
Normally I provide a synopsis of books I like so folks don’t have to go out and read the whole thing. Read more
Can Obama win?
Can somebody who spent 20 years under the pastoral care of a man who d&&^! America and believes AIDS was invented by the United States government as a means of genocide against people of color really be elected President of the United States?[1]
10 years ago I would have said no way. Read more
How to be a more effective executive
I read Peter F. Drucker’s The Effective Executive recently and was impressed: the book was first published in 1966 but the tips offered on how to be more effective are great.
In case you don’t want to read the whole book here’s a synopsis. Read more