A Great Man Has Passed- October 26, 2005 Wellington Mara, owner of the New York Giants, passed away yesterday at the age of 89. He was a great man, but, much more importantly - and more rarely, I think - he was a good man. You can read tributes to him from people who knew him here, and a loving article about him from sportswriter Mike Lupica here. Mr. Mara will be sorely missed. There are few enough people in this world who are great, and far fewer who are both great and good.http://www.elevendayempire.com/movabletype/2005/10/26-a_great_ma.html And We Wonder Why People Hate Lawyers- October 17, 2005 Check this out: a lawyer who makes a profit by suing companies who don&8217;t charge him sales tax on internet purchases: Like many shoppers, attorney Stephen Diamond buys lots of stuff online. But unlike other consumers, he sues retailers that don&8217;t charge him state and local sales taxes &8212; and is making a profit doing it. Using a state whistle-blower law, Mr. Diamond since 2002 has filed about 95 suits in Cook County court here against retailers that failed to charge him taxes on...http://www.elevendayempire.com/movabletype/2005/10/17-and_we_won.html Are They Actively Trying to Wreck the Economy- October 13, 2005 It&8217;s hard to explain this any other way: Owning a home may become less tax-friendly than it has been, if suggestions from the president&8217;s tax-reform panel are considered seriously by Congress in the next year or so. What do they want to do The panel hasn&8217;t made any firm decisions about what it will propose in its final report, due Nov. 1. But it is considering a number of options. Among them: Reducing from $1 million the size of a mortgage on which interest may be...http://www.elevendayempire.com/movabletype/2005/10/13-are_they_a.html Wisdom for the Day- October 6, 2005 So while talking with a co-worker, I thought of an old saying I remembered, which illustrated the point I was trying to make. As I sometimes do, I mangled the original saying a bit, but, honestly, I think my version works better: &8220;Don&8217;t try to teach a pig to dance. You&8217;ll only get dirty, and you&8217;ll annoy the pig.&8221; Which leads, of course, to the shorthand phrase, which I think is probably applicable in many, if not most, areas of life: &8220;Pigs don&8217;t...http://www.elevendayempire.com/movabletype/2005/10/06-wisdom_for.html Most Pointless and Uninformative Headline of All Time- October 5, 2005 From today&8217;s Washington Post. The big banner headline: &8220;Bush Defends Supreme Court Pick.&8221; Well, duh. Is that in any way news, that a President would defend the person he selected for the Supreme Court Is it in the slightest way unexpected or surprising Was there really nothing else even remotely newsworthy yesterdayhttp://www.elevendayempire.com/movabletype/2005/10/05-most_point.html Yes, We're Still Here- October 5, 2005 Just a quick note; the management here hasn&8217;t died, or gone missing. We&8217;ve just been busy, and the news is, generally, so disheartening that we haven&8217;t had the stomach to comment on it recently. But we are here, and normal service will be resumed&8230;http://www.elevendayempire.com/movabletype/2005/10/05-yes_were.html |