American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Off Off Road Rage

The Post reports that an angry gym goer (broker) attacked a fellow spin class member (hedge fund manager) when the hedgie wouldn’t shut up.
Although people assume hedge fund managers are bastards, I’ve found most of them to be nice people, if a little (perhaps justifiably) conceited. But stories like this tend to give the [...]

Just a very quick note

If you ever go to Tokyo, make sure you go to the Sapporo Museum (and yeah, there were only 2 of us).

Blogging from Tokyo

Well, three days have passed and there are no reports on Castro’s demise. We’ll save the obituary for when he actually passes.
As you may have guessed from the title of this post I am not blogging from my usual NY outpost but rather from the other side of the world.
I landed in Tokyo yesterday [...]

Possible Breaking News or Big Fat Rumor

Looks like Fidel Castro may have died. It is rumored that the Cuban government will be announcing the passing of their (mostly) beloved leader this afternoon.
The possible delay of the announcement may be to wait for the pass of rush hour traffic in Miami.
Though it was reported yesterday that he was doing well and recovering [...]

For the Love of Money

I read a few days ago that Michael Bay was taking a stand against media-giant Paramount and their recent decision not to release any of their films on Blu-Ray, but solely on HD-DVD.
Michael Bay basically said that he directed movies for people to see and that he wanted the most people to be able to [...]

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