This speech by Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Berna

In a discussion with a friend, we came up with another reason why letting banks fail would have been a good idea—it would have helped borr

Warren Buffett’s support for the $700 billion bailout has perplexed me. He has in the

It was interesting to hear further elaboration by a couple of th

This article on NPR and a similar explanation <a href=”http://ww

Naked Capitalism says it extremely well, desc

Dear Representatives:You are faced with a decision to expand the powers of the Treasury in unprecedented ways, to bring a critical compone

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs) but they were no different from any bank that profits by borrowing mone

Robert Krulwich, TV and radio science rep

An NPR story described how an otherwise unsuperstitious man advi

While at our outsourcing partner in India, I learned that one of the engineers was synchronizing the tip of one revision control system (CVS

एकं सत विप्रा: बहुदा वदंति— The Rig Veda (Book I, Chapter CLXIV, Verse 46)Translati

My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says o

This is the film that, for me, elevated animation above cartoons into serious art.

Viva YouTube!

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Very cool…

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satchitananda

In Hindu literature, there is a Sanskrit word, <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satchitananda”

SympathyIs it selfish to choose happiness when others are miserable? On the one hand, I think the answer is no. The concl

Raising Happy ChildrenIf happiness is simply a choice, then it is a disservice for parents to “make” their children happy

Between Order and ChaosContinuous despair is both undesirable and dangerous, but continuous joy can be boring. Most peopl

It’s All About PerspectiveAnushka got me thinking

India is at a stage where everything we are accustomed to in western life is available. However, the large-scale population, the middle of t

Having seen countless good and bad PowerPoint presentations and produced several of my own, I wanted to publish what I consider the most imp

In a previous post, I described the joy I derive from crystallizing the model of a sy

A friend of mine reacted with some surprise when I told him of my love for the novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain