SO, YOU REALLY THINK YOU MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS?

SO, YOU REALLY THINK YOU MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS?

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In an article entitled "Why Consumers Aren't Good at Telling You What They Want" http://www.instituteofdecisionmaking.com/?p=619 The writer, Matthew Wilcox, says that when Steve jobs was asked if Apple had used consumer research to help design and launch the I-Pad,  he replied "no." And when asked why not, he said,"it's not the consumers Job to know what they want." What neuroscience marketing research has shown, is that the consumer is not very good at telling us what they want. We know…

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OUR HISTORY OF NUCLEAR POWER

OUR HISTORY OF NUCLEAR POWER

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The recent nuclear disaster in Japan and the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine are certainly not the first nuclear disasters. But, Chernobyl was the worst nuclear accident in  history. The attempt to contain the  contamination involved some 500,000 workers and cost an estimated 18 billion Rubles which crippled the soviet economy. We had our own nuclear diaster in March of 1979 when a nuclear power plant failure happened at Three Mile Island in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. There was radiation contamination…

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SOME QUOTES TO PONDER

SOME QUOTES TO PONDER

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Some random quotes from my reading over the weekend: "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of  those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little"  Franklin D. Roosevelt I wish every Tea Party member and every cold hearted conservative Republican who would choose to let the poor starve and those in medical need suffer meditate on those words. Especially those who go to church every Sunday and…

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On an early Friday morning, July 7th2000, my mother Mary Thelma Babarovich, died in her sleep at the San Juan Care Center. Her death was not unexpected. After all, she was born on December 28, 1905 and was ninety four years old when she died. She had been in failing health for some time. Her passing was, in fact, a personal blessing to her as she had been ready to meet her maker for some time. My sisters, Phyllis Ennes…

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DAN SULLIVAN & HIS GIFT TO ME

DAN SULLIVAN & HIS GIFT TO ME

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One more note about my friend Dan Sullivan who died last Sunday morning. In 1991 I received a large box from Dan. Inside was an antique framed print of a majestic lion standing on a rock. Accompanying the print was a letter from Dan which read: November 19, 1991 Dear Paul, When I discovered this in a little shop in London my mind went back twenty five years when we were young with fires in our belly. This old marvelous print embodies…

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DANIEL F. SULLIVAN July 1, 2012

DANIEL F. SULLIVAN July 1, 2012

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My friend of many years  Daniel Sullivan died of lung cancer the morning of July 1, 2012 in Seattle. He  was 86 years old. His wife Susan was with him when he died. Lita and I had just visited with Susan and Dan last Wednesday before leaving the next day for a talk I was giving out of state. I'm thankful for that opportunity to say goodby without realizing it was good by. Dan was a plaintiff's trial lawyer who acomplished so much in his life. He was…

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I AM FLOORED BY JUSTICE ROBERT’S VOTE ON THE HEALTH CARE BILL!

I AM FLOORED BY JUSTICE ROBERT’S VOTE ON THE HEALTH CARE BILL!

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I have to admit I never  thought the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court on the health care bill  would ever be what  it turned out to be. Nor would I, in a  thousand years, have anticipated the "swing" vote would be Justice Roberts who now suffers the hysterical abuse of  conservatives like the  biopolar conduct of Glen Beck  in reacting to Robert's vote. So, why did  he do it? I believe he made a very difficult choice to fulfill…

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U.S.SUPREME COURT – A BRANCH OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?

U.S.SUPREME COURT – A BRANCH OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?

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On Thursday of this week, the U.S. Supreme Court will announce its decision about the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act. The political implications of that decision are obvious and the overwhelming odds favor an adverse treatment of the Act by the conservative block on the court. Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by George Bush, is the most conservative justice since the early 1970s, when Richard Nixon named Warren Burger to replace  the famously liberal Earl Warren. Clarence Thomas is the most conservative of…

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A STRANGE STORY ABOUT A LAWYER WHO DIED WHILE DEFENDING HIS CLIENT

A STRANGE STORY ABOUT A LAWYER WHO DIED WHILE DEFENDING HIS CLIENT

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This is a an unusual true story from history about a lawyer who died while defending a client in a murder case under peculiar  circumstances. Clement Vallandigham was an Ohio politician and lawyer. He was the leader of the copperhead faction of the antiwar Democrats during the American civil war. He was a strong supporter of constitutional state’s rights. He believed the states had the right to withdraw from the union and was anti Lincoln. During the Civil War he…

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A COLLECTION OF VIEWS ABOUT THE AMERICAN BISHOP’S LAWSUIT OVER ARTIFICIAL CONTRACEPTION

A COLLECTION OF VIEWS ABOUT THE AMERICAN BISHOP’S LAWSUIT OVER ARTIFICIAL CONTRACEPTION

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Commonweal Magazine in its June 15th issue had a discussion by several Catholic theologians on the Bishop’s lawsuit over the health care act provisions relating to birth control contraceptives and their position paper the Bishops entitled "Our first, most cherished liberty." Here are excerpts from the articles. One point the writers made is that unlike the apparent belief of the Bishops, religious freedom is not an absolute freedom. Here are some observations made about that fact. While freedom of religion…

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