Archive for the ‘History’ Category
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Applying the Steve Jobs Lesson to Politics
Posted on October 6, 2011
We are all going to hear a lot of stories about Steve Jobs and his impact on our daily lives. How are kids can figure out the iPad before we...
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Washington Ideas
Posted on October 6, 2011
I had a chance lunch with the founder of Crate and Barrel yesterday at the Washington Ideas Forum. Gordon Segal asked if the empty seat at my small table was...
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The Hermanator
Posted on October 4, 2011
The Hermanator is now tied with Rick Perry for second place in a new Washington Post poll in the Republican race for the White House. That doesn’t surprise me much....
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Fat People Have No Reason
Posted on October 3, 2011
In 1977, Randy Newman had a hit with his song, “Short People”, with the immortal line, “short people, short people, short people have no reason to live.” Newman later said...
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Bain Capital
Posted on September 28, 2011
I was talking to a Democratic friend of mine this morning, and he told me to expect the President’s people to go after Mitt Romney on the jobs issue. “There...
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