Musings on Death and Taxes
Last night my family enjoyed our blended holiday celebration. We shared gifts, laughter and hugs and kisses just days after an entire community was devastated by the horrific act of a madman and less than two months after Superstorm Sandy cut a path of devastation through much of the New York/New Jersey area. There are 27 families in Newton, CT who will not be celebrating the holidays this year...
Read MorePrepare For Year-End, Not the Fiscal Cliff
There are three weeks left in the year and the world won’t be coming to an end, literally or figuratively, regardless of what the various doomsday prognosticators have to say. It’s impossible to turn on the television or open a newspaper without being assaulted with dire warnings about the impending disaster that is the “Fiscal Cliff”. It’s gotten to the point where...
Read MorePost Election Traumatic Stress Disorder
This is an excerpt from my latest newsletter. About the only good news these days is that the election is FINALLY over. In my Fearless Forecast edition back in January I said “I believe President Obama will defeat Mitt Romney in a relatively close election as a divided GOP is unable to coalesce behind Romney. The Tea Party is marginalized and the Senate remains in Republican control. Fiscal...
Read MoreThoughts on the 3rd Presidential Debate
I don’t know about you, but I’m glad that’s over with. We’re in the home stretch now with only two more weeks until the general election. Then we’ll have two whole years until the machinery cranks back up again for the next one. Let me start by saying that sitting presidents have a major advantage when it comes to a debate on foreign policy because unlike their...
Read MoreThoughts on the 2nd Presidential Debate
Wow. That was more fun than the desultory first debate. Both candidates came out swinging. I thought President Obama did a much better job, and not just by showing more energy and more fire. I thought he was more articulate and passionate when describing his vision, and he more clearly laid out the differences between he and Governor Romney. Indeed, I thought we was simply more Presidential....
Read MoreThoughts on the 1st Presidential Debate
Last week President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney squared off in the first of three debates. It is widely reported that Romney “won” the debate and gained some momentum in his otherwise stagnant campaign. Personally, I thought Romney came off as a bit more forceful and more conversational than I had seen him previously, while Obama didn’t seem to bring his A game. That being...
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