Does Texting Destroy Trust?

I’m still not as big a fan of of David Brooks as I used to be before he wrote a column back in August of 2008.  Nonetheless, I did agree with much of what he had to say in his New York Times essay yesterday.  (That is, once I waded through the first part of [...]

Marriage in America — What Crisis?

With all of the news lately about high-profile politicians whose marriages are in trouble due to infidelity, one would think that the institution of marriage in America is at an all-time low, and that Karen and I, who recently celebrated 24 years of marriage, are anomalies.  Not so, according to today Kay Hymowitz in today’s [...]

I Found My Mate as a Date in College

Original Post 1-31-08
Although”officially” Karen and began dating the summer before I went off to college, we dated each other throughout college and she was my “steady” (a term probably unheard of on today’s college campuses. So once again, I felt like I was a Neanderthal when I read this in today’s Wall Street Journal:

College [...]

New York Times Columnist David Brooks Couldn’t Care Less Whether Some of Our Leaders are Ethical or Moral

I waste enough time reading the headlines of the WSJ and NYT, and their Op-Ed columnists, but it looks like I’ll be wasting less time from now on, as I’m disgusted with the latest banter between David Brooks and Gail Collins.  Here are just a couple of excerpts from today’s column:
David Brooks: 

I don’t know [...]

The Rich are Different from You and Me: They’re From Another Planet

Don’t get me wrong, I hope to become rich myself someday. But this article in the New York Times yesterday makes me wonder how some smart people who become rich end up being as “dumb as a bag of hammers:”
But Ms. Chemtob’s clients are concerned all the same, she said, because their incomes have [...]

Most Men are Not Animals Like Eliot Spitzer, or David Paterson, Either

So, the vast majority of animal species aren’t monogamous, as noted in this New York Times essay today:
It’s all been done before, every snickering bit of it, and not just by powerful “risk-taking” alpha men who may or may not be enriched for the hormone testosterone. It’s been done by many other creatures, tens of [...]

Whom do You Ask for Advice?

In an article by Carol Hymowitz in today’s Wall Street Journal, several CEOs talk about how they rely on their spouses for advice on important issues. I think this is a great idea, even if the spouse isn’t a business professional. Getting input from as many intelligent people as possible before making strategic [...]

What are the Spending Rules in Your Household?

An interesting column in today’s Wall Street Journal by Terri Cullen reminded me yet again as to why I call Karen the “Budget Officer.” I’m a spend money to make money person, and Karen is the frugal, disciplined one when it comes to spending. (We both have agreed to continue to spend money [...]