Quote of the Day: Jack Kemp’s Letter to Barack Obama

“As you know, a person can’t get rich on wages. He or she has to be able to earn, save, invest, reinvest and build an estate that can be passed on to other family members. Taxing capital gains as ordinary income is really counterproductive to a nation that wants to generate wealth, spark innovation, [...]

Black Men Bond Over Basketball: Obama Got Skillz On the Court?

“From John F. Kennedy’s sailing to Bill Clinton’s golf mulligans to John Kerry’s windsurfing, sports has been used, correctly or incorrectly, as a personality decoder for presidents and presidential aspirants. So, armchair psychologists and fans of athletic metaphors, take note: Barack Obama is a wily player of pickup basketball, the version of the game with [...]

Alex Haley’s "Roots" is 30

Alex Haley’s book and mini-series “Roots” told the story of his family’s transition from their native Africa through slavery in America. Now thirty years after its debut, a new generation has emerged to carry on.
Alex Haley’s son, Bill, is spearheading the thirtieth anniversary celebration of what’s been called the most important book every written [...]

Time Wasted? Perhaps It’s Well Spent

From the New York Times.

“American workers, on average, spend 45 hours a week at work, but describe 16 of those hours as “unproductive,” according to a study by Microsoft. America Online and Salary.com, in turn, determined that workers actually work a total of three days a week, wasting the other two. And Steve Pavlina, whose [...]