Most people are aware that the Great Recession of 2008 was triggered by sub-prime lending, what those of us in the real estate industry called a “no-doc” loan, also called …
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Americans are a steadfast and energetic people. Damn all the well-intentioned health advice about getting eight solid hours of sleep every night! We simply refuse to let go of our …
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“The merry-go-round is beginning to taunt me / Have I stayed too long at the fair?” — Barbra Streisand (lyrics from a song written by William C. Barnes) The thirty-year hanger-on. Otherwise …
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“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.” — Mahatma Gandhi Are public figures more corrupt and depraved than they used to be? …
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If you thought that The Same Old Song was just a sixties tune recorded by the Four Tops, you didn’t attend yesterday’s session of The House Committee of Financial Services …
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There’s nothing sadder than an aging hipster, said comedian/polemicist Lenny Bruce. Little did he know his comment was spawning a cottage industry. There’s a band called Ageing Hipsters. A travel …
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“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” — William Butler Yeats Advanced education for America’s youth has become like a mill. Young people are …
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See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. There are a few good reasons to move to Cambodia (known as Kampuchea or the Kingdom of Cambodia by its natives). The beer is …
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“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.” — Marilyn Monroe …
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See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. There’s a radio commercial playing in the Los Angeles area that sums up the Western attitude toward Laos. In the commercial, a …