October 2008 - Posts

• Too big to save

  In this atmosphere of economic, social, and political anxiety, certain ideas and terms seem to take hold very quickly. In politics, there are catchphrase we hear over and over again — “end of the day,” “double down,” “game-changer” — that are meant to Read More... Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:11 PM by REB | 1 Comments

• Little pieces

  Earlier this week, at the World Conference on Investment Casting and equipment expo in Dallas, I had numerous conversations that seemed to get around to the same subject: how bad is it? The meaning, of course, was “how bad are our economic conditions,” Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 7:00 PM by REB | 0 Comments

• The confidence game

  Sometime earlier this week I noticed that reports and commentaries about ongoing financial issues had adopted a new catch-all term, “the global crisis.” It's accurate I guess: the financial reversal is global, in as much as anything is global. It certainly Read More... Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 2:44 PM by REB | 0 Comments

• It's big, like Texas

  Readers expecting some deep thoughts or clever commentary may have to check in later. Partly out of a desire to relieve the gloom in the daily news, and to give a new perspective on hard work and ingenuity, I'm taking a little break from observations Read More... Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 9:06 AM by REB | 0 Comments

• The point I was making

  A few weeks ago I wrote a column about what I see as the inevitable ratification of the Employee Free Choice Act, a legislative effort that has already been approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, and is pending approval in the U.S. Senate. Depending Read More... Posted Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:27 PM by REB | 0 Comments