Much is being said about alternative learning techniques, Professor Cranky posts his weekly rant on these ideas. I suspect that the student who does not read the book does not listen to the lecture on the iPod either, and no one will ever convince me that listening to a lecture while driving a car and…

Scott Burns has a good article about the popularity of the Kindle, Amazon's e book reader.  You can log on to amazon.com and see the Kindle.  The second version has a larger more readable screen. I suspect it needs to be able to connect to the internet ala the iPhone and Blackberry to REALLY catch on…

The Rolling Stone loooks at Goldman Sachs. Goldman is the ultimate insider causing and then saving us from numerous calamities. But there is never a clamaity for Golodman who always comes out on top.

A front page article in the Dallas Morning News announces that most high school gradsare lucky to have a C average the first semester in college.   That would be what one would expect from a normal distribution but apparently that is not a topic covered in journalism school. Not surprisingly students do better at community…

Here is the latest on tax revenues for the Federal Govt as the FEDS spend more money than ever. Lately in class I have offered the opinion that CPAs will come closer and closer to  govt employess, why? CPAs prepare audited statements, pro formas for bank loans and tax returns. In all three instances the…

Terry Box wrote a farewell to Pontiac and its GXP.  My take on Pontiac If you've got to go, you might as well do it with a bang," Pontiac spokesman Jim Hopson says. Bang You're dead Pontiac.  My 1967 Tempest OHC six burned valves and Pontiac never said they were sorry. What a disaster. Its…

Do you read Mish's Economic Analysis? Ron Paul has sponsored a bill to audit the FED, will he get enough votes?

The trick is to be looking and planing your next shot. Do not focus on the last shot. I do not know that anyone ever said that but it is certainly the trick to winning in pro sports.  I mentioned Farrah Fawcett July 12 in managing your career. An article in the SA Sunday paper…

I was just thinking  about the future of CPAs.  What are the three main functions CPAs, at least external CPAs, perform.  And what is the  likely future for those three things? first the backdrop.  CPAs have lost the ability to govern themselves thanks to Enron et al, but that is just the latest round of…

It appeared that various trends would never end, but they have. The markets have crashed, home prices are down, illegal immigration is slowing and now, couples are not able to afford the great luxury, divorce.  From Today's WSJ JULY 13, 2009 What God Has Joined Together, Recession Makes Hard to Put Asunder For Some, the…