Son,
We are in a time of flux. This is a difficult time for statisticians. The Media Pundits are dissecting the election statistics, trying to make sense of demographics and results. Some say Obama is about generational issues. Clinton is about gender. Edwards about populism. Huckabee about evangelism. This is not a time when these statistics [...]

Son,
We in this country are on the verge of a recession.  I see two realities in this prediction - one is an academic understanding of economics - the other is the real human disaster of poverty and despair.  I’ll speak first to economics - it is important to understand some basic principles.
A recession is generally [...]

Son,
Leadership is not personal.  Leadership is not about what I do at home in the evening, when no one is watching.  Leadership is about what one does when everyone is watching.
I really don’t care about the televangelist who privately has a couple of mistresses on the side.  Who cares - what is the message that [...]

Son,
When Benizir Bhutto was assassinated the entire world reacted. When the planes struck on 9/11 our government reacted. We Americans are again afraid. The moment we heard of the assassination all of us took two steps to the political right. Decisions made out of fear are not generally good decisions. But fear cannot be denied.
Joe [...]

Son,
This is a redraft of a previous post.  The previous post focused on Ron Paul - but while writing that post I realized there are bigger issues at stake.
Ron Paul is running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. ON the surface it seems entirely remarkable that this man of little logic [...]

Son,
Ron Paul is running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States.  ON the surface it seems entirely remarkable that this man of little logic is having so much success, both in admiring fans and his ability to raise money.  He is worth looking at - not because of his ideas - but [...]