What can people do when they work together? Quite a lot, it would seem. Anyone who has worked on an effective team has likely been amazed at both the dynamics [...]
Mental illness is real, and it’s an unmitigated horror. Those who suffer from it and those who love and/or care for them can attest to the over-the-top level [...]
We’ve recently been discussing the tension (at best) or war (at worst) between centralization and decentralization. Our intention is not to beat a dead [...]
Pete Rose was one of the best baseball players of his generation. He was also respected as a manager. It wasn’t till he bet on games that he became [...]
Is the Trend Your Friend? Trend following is such a strong inclination that many people will stick with it right into the teeth of destruction. They believe [...]
We mentioned a problem last week that develops when nations become overly centralized: “In an overly centralized system, people become not independently [...]
Recent entries in this blog have focused on the centralization vs. decentralization struggle. Both conditions have advantages and disadvantages, and one of the [...]
The issue of centralization vs. decentralization has probably dominated the history of the United States more than that of any other country. It’s not a [...]
History has given an exceptionally clear verdict: capitalism provides a much higher and better standard of living for its practitioners than socialism. [...]
There are many times in life when something doesn’t seem right, but you can’t put your finger on the problem. You know enough to sense it, but not [...]
Hundreds of books have been written that chronicle man’s lust for power. Chief among them, of course, is the Holy Bible, but there are many classic works [...]
As you’ve walked through life, you’ve doubtless noticed that there are many things that are good if you use them well and bad if you use them [...]
