by Andrea James | Sep 2, 2011 | Lamentation, Politics, Wall Street logic
In American society, there is profound tension and disagreement over the role of rich versus poor, government versus corporations, individual versus collective, scarcity versus abundance. None of these debates are new under the sun, but there’s been extra...
by Andrea James | Apr 4, 2011 | Inspiration, Politics, Wall Street logic
Do you ever wonder why a stock goes up with a company announces layoffs? Or why a stock goes down after a company wins a huge contract? It’s because we don’t judge events purely by what happened. Rather, we look at what happened relative to our...
by Andrea James | Nov 28, 2010 | Photos, Politics, That's Life
I used to marvel at how the DMV was the great equalizer — no matter your status, income or personal hygiene, you had to pick a number, buddy, and wait your turn. Commercial air travel, exceedingly affordable, is quickly taking its place. The realities of the...
by Andrea James | Jun 27, 2010 | Curiosity, Politics, That's Life
(I write this with full gratitude to the U.S. armed forces, who make it possible for me to sit and ponder such things in peace.) I spent hours of my childhood crouched down and hunched over the backyard bugs — so much so that the adults would joke that one day I...