Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan both inherited recessions when they became President. And both men initiated several programs which promoted entrepreneurship and small business. The end result of their efforts were tremendous increases in jobs in the private sector.
Our current Administration has been unable to make much of a [...]
The Song of the Birds
The owner of a small business, a friend of the poet Olavo Bilac, met him on the street and asked him…
“Mr. Bilac, I need to sell my small farm. The one you know so well. Could you please write an announcement for me for the paper?
Bilac wrote:
“For sale, a beautiful property [...]
An interesting article I received via email from a friend that I thought the rest of you might be fascinated to hear about.
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas is a fairly famous institution and for a variety of reasons:
1. John F. Kennedy died there in 1963.
2. Lee Harvey Oswald died there shortly after.
3. Jack Ruby-who killed [...]
This is a blog version of a powerpoint I have from He Yan Jan 2010.
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids?
If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions. ‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m [...]
Excerpts by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, “If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry [...]
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