The late Charlie Munger, who with longtime friend Warren Buffett turned Berkshire Hathaway into a behemoth, attributed his investment successes to his ability to pay sustained attention. "I did not succeed in life by intelligence," Munger recounted. "I succeeded because I have a long attention ...
They say that money is the mother's milk of politics, but money is also the root of all evil, so sometimes that milk turns sour. And that notion is what is driving a brand new proposed statewide petition that seeks to stop Michigan's major utilities and others from making political ...
On the eve of our nation's 249th birthday, a Gallup poll finds that only 58% of Americans feel "extremely" or "very" proud of their country. This is a new low in the 25 years Gallup has been asking this question, and the reasons are not hard to divine. We are led by a monomaniacal vulgarian who ...
Not many people today remember the exhilaration so many Americans felt after Israel's victory in the Six-Day War in June 1967. The liberal folks around me at work and law school then had been frustrated and puzzled at the lack of progress being made in Vietnam by the 448,000 U.S. troops ...
As reported by Gallup, employee morale and engagement have declined significantly worldwide since 2020. This trend reached a tipping point during what Ian Cook (2021) described in the Harvard Business Review as the “Great Resignation,” when, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ...
One of the key moments in life is when you finally think you’ve met the right person, and you are seriously contemplating getting married. For anyone who has been married for any length of time, it’s pretty fun to reflect back on those early moments in your relationship and think back to ...