The Enduring Easter Bunny Fetish
I was going to write something more serious when my eye caught a photo on the Sunday Los Angeles Times where two security guards were trying to wrest a large plastic trash bag from the hands of one of the prodigious street vendors working the downtown area. The large plastic trash bag was filled with [...]
The Vintage Whine of Academia
Some years ago when asked his opinion about campus politics, Henry Kissinger said, “University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.” This was an interesting response and one that has endured with me for quite some time. Nevertheless, when confronting academia, socially or otherwise, it isn’t long before Kissinger’s explanation of the [...]
When Unemployment Makes You Goofy
These are tough times. These are tough times globally, but for the United States this is also no day a the beach. These are tough times economically, what with personal wealth devastated by the real estate market, the depletion of pensions funds. Money is scarce and credit is tight. What money there is in the [...]
CBS’ 60 Minutes to Air Segment on Chinese Espionage
As this ties into my latest book, “The Guys Who Spied for China,” a roman a clef based on author Gordon Basichis’ personal experiences uncovering Chinese Espionage Networks in the United States, I wanted to make you aware of the forthcoming segment on CBS 60 Minutes, Sunday night, February 28th. The segment concerns Chinese Espionage [...]
Burying a Generation in Student Debt
The good news is that a student will graduate from college. With a college degree, a younger person has a greater capability of shaping his career and life in general. The student has the opportunity to make more money. Advancements come easier when you have a college degree. Or so the story goes. The fact [...]