Author: Steven D

Ben Bernanke Doesn’t Know S***

It’s a rhetorical question , I know, but really, when the head of the Federal Reserve continues to claim that high unemployment will “persist” why does he also say the economy will continue to recover? The pace...

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Empathy & The Purple Hand Society

Barack Obama: “I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit — the ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes; to see the world through the eyes of those who are different from us — the child...

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The Price of Butter Got Me Thinking (a Rant)

I buy the store brand butter, the cheapest available at our local supermarket. Today as I was purchasing a pound of butter, the cashier, on older woman (I’m guessing over 60, maybe over 65) asked me if I knew how much the...

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