There is a very old Puritan hymn we grew up singing; perhaps, you recall it as well:
Dare to be a Daniel,
Dare to stand alone;
Dare to have a purpose firm,
Dare to make it known.

In a famous essay just after WWII, George Orwell, in one of his great punch lines, suggest...more »

As “annus horribilis” 2008 recedes into the background it might be timely to look back a few years and ask: who really saw all of this coming? Was such an economic and financial disaster foreseeable? What kind of financial sage would have predicted it three or four years ago, in the middle of...more »