Archive for the 'Good Reading' Category

Sep 19 2008

Round Two

Published by DoubleA under Good Reading

Another good article about the current financial mess.  The final paragraph of it couldn’t have been any better said than it is: In the end, however, there is only so much the government can borrow and so much the government can do. The only other choice is for Americans to finally put their spending in [...]

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Sep 19 2008

The Great Greed Bailout

Published by DoubleA under Good Reading

What a great time it is to be a bank or some other financial institution!  The government is essentially handing out money by the bag load to help you out.  While it’s a good thing the government is taking steps to stabilize the economy, we have to consider who it is that’s actually getting the [...]

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May 09 2008

It’s Only Been A Matter Of Trust

Published by DoubleA under Good Reading

Every so often, you run into one of those opinion articles that really is spot on. If you’ve ever done any reading on technology trends, then you are no stranger to a man named John Dvorak. He’s been writing articles about technology trends since the 1980′s so he knows a thing or two about the [...]

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Apr 11 2008

To Rule The Waves

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I recently finished a book worth mentioning. It’s called To Rule The Waves: How The British Navy Shaped the Modern World by Arthur Herman. This book has an extensive amount of information in it. I was initially concerned that it would have been overly academic which translates to difficult to read and not very interesting. [...]

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Apr 05 2008

Prescription for Excellence

Published by DoubleA under Good Reading

I frequent a budget bookstore on the other side of town from time to time. They have lots of interesting books to be had for a fraction of the price that the regular bookstores sell them for. Recently I picked up a book entitled “Prescription for Excellence: How Innovation Is Saving Canada’s Health Care System” [...]

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