tigerhawk.blogspot.com - 1/12/2009
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From an open letter to students who want to go into business:
I experience the hunger in the world for the privilege of creating jobs through entrepreneurship, and then I return to the United States, where I see something that troubles me.
Some students and professors reject business as a ...
swamppolitics.com - 1/15/2009
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by Mark Silva As President George W. Bush
and his writers place the final touches on 15...
minutes of televisied talk that will deliver a farewell to the nation after two tumultuous terms in office, it's worth remembering the most tortured words of ...
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Clinton, Reagan, Nixon, LBJ: Farewells
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Maggie's Farm —
... with whom he lived, prayed vespers every evening, before and after his reception into the Catholic Church; and there were ample supplies of bourbon and cigars, both of which Richard regarded as essential complements to the ongoing, boisterous conversation that was his intellectual and spiritual lifeblood.
To heck with yourself and your family. Sacrifice for the greater good.
Further thoughts on our Open Letter re business careers, from Tiger.
Campaigning isn't governing. Pajamas ...
TIGERHAWK: Why do professors deplore enterprise? “The question is, why are so many academics, who …
Instapundit —
... TIGERHAWK: Why do professors deplore enterprise? “The question is, why are so many academics, who are ideologically unwilling to pass judgment on just about any value or culture no matter how depraved or defective, so reflexive in their condemnation of the business life?” ...
The Loser Class
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TigerHawk
Frankly, everybody — including universities, college students, business, American culture, and even left-wing professors who are not afraid to leave their bubble — would all be better off if there were more conservative and libertarian faculty in American universities. That is unlikely to come to pass, however, for any number of reasons, including that the massive disparity in compensation and working conditions that drive much of this ideological divide will not go away.
Yep. And thanks to that disparity, most ...
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