My Musings

  • December Heat Wave

    We’ve been having strange weather this year. A couple of heat waves down in the South, the rash of tornadoes in the Midwest, including a long track tornado on December 10-11, and an ongoing drought in the West that provided the fuel for a damaging fire in Boulder, Colorado. Tomorrow is supposed to be another…

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    Corporate Values

    “…despite lip-service to the contrary, the long-term vision that values require is not rewarded. US corporate governance norms are based on the shareholder value model, which enshrines maximizing shareholder profits as a company’s raison d’être.” “The problem with corporate “values””, Vox, Anna Held, September 21, 2021. The Vox article, “The problem with corporate “values” ”,…

  • Booster Shots

    Thank you, Bill O’Reilly and Trump, for saying what needs to be said: they got vaccinated and also received the booster shots. Yesterday, I did a post describing how the data shows extreme surges happening in the US. At the end, I wanted to add more to the post, but I couldn’t remember what I…