American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Don’t ask for a recommendation

A guy in my company just asked for a recommendation on LinkedIn. I’ve never worked directly with him, so I had no idea what to write, which got me kind of annoyed that I’d been asked, because it’s an imposition on me to try to praise someone who I only know casually. So, I went [...]

Comments on the Recovery Plans

Paul Krugman, of the New York Times, in today’s epistle “Failure to Rise,” gives continued evidence that he hasn’t a clue to what has to be done to help the economy. He accuses America of failing to rise to the greatest challenge of the past 70 years. Just the dating of his statement [...]

Oscar Predictions

Following here are my predictions for the 81st Academy Awards which will be announced on February 22. This is the first Oscar year where I’ve seen all of the nominated films (excluding shorts, docs and foreign) so clearly my predictions are going to wind up being completely accurate. Along with each category I’ve also [...]

What will the future bring?

It’ll be a fight to the death. A fight about ideas and ideals. It will be about the American Dream and what it really should be. On the one side will be the self-sufficient, independent spirits – the people who believe that each soul must be responsible for themself and their family, [...]

Mary Schaprio lives in a fantasy world

While so much has changed in our markets and at the Commission over the past decade and a half, some things at the SEC have thankfully remained constant. Above all, the quality and caliber of the SEC’s professional staff has remained at the same exceptionally high level. I return to the SEC knowing [...]

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