Category: <span>Comments made on WSJ or NYT</span>

NYT _ Why People Are Fleeing Blue Cities for Red States Op Ed.

It’s simple, have 2 houses. Something about 6-7 months and a day ? Vote where you may have the greatest change. Taxes matter, sort of. Honestly, a lot has to do with the weather. The list is quite long for the “reasons people do what they do.” when moving. Good luck, did I mention the…


WSJ – op ed on Hiring over 55’s (yrs old) because they actually work.

I am a former small business operator, and still in touch with many of my former business owner friends. They bemoan the lack of good younger employees. There are more than one or two reasons for quality. … “trophy’s for everyone” et al. I believe the biggest problem is that there is a shortage of…


NYT – What Friendship Means to an Introvert

I am a closeted introvert and public extrovert. Haa – what a Howard theory. Talking out of both sides of his mouth again. from 3:30’ish am, … until sometime around 7am – Introvert. Selfishly So. (it may be my CT genes) from 7’ish until 3’ish huge extrovert, almost a chatty, busy body, who likes to…


NYT OPINION, Bait words, Men, Respect or Purpose.

This applies and has applied to men and women, forever. French, made it clear that “Walsh” used bait words. The article does have a clear military angle, which only those in the military fully understand. Respect is sometimes a dangerous road, purists, fundamentalists … it could get ugly. Respect, as in kindness, understanding and helpfulness…


NYT – The Benefits of ‘Wise Selfishness’ –

A story about the nyt happiness writer and his visit to the Dali lama and a conversation about selfishness – My Howard Theory on this is age old. I learned it and have been practicing it forever. It is one of the 3 or 4 base tenets of my life. (My earliest memory, maybe age…


NYT story on Aging

So many one liners here – 1) Aging, it’s been going on for years. 2) Definitely younger than my parents at this age. 3) Young people are stupid. 4) We all seem a little fatter, don’t we? 5) My nephew started to out drive me when he was in his teens. 6) I was 40…


Boston Globe – Title IX and what to do …

Girls rule and Boys drool – ( I had to look up how to spell drool – I am definitely a boy, just a really old boy). Way slower and than my sisters, cousins, the neighborhood girls, in both education and sports … until I wasn’t, it just took way longer. Now that I play…


WSJ comment family loans …

This works like a charm, is easy and the reality is …. you are really lending them the money, they will likely inherit anyway. Why wait. Now you semi-control it and see it in action. The One Place You Can Still Get a 3% Home Loan: Your Family


WSJ The One Place You Can Still Get a 3% Home Loan: Your Family

This works like a charm, is easy and the reality is …. you are really lending them the money, they will likely inherit anyway. Why wait. Now you semi-control it and see it in action. Win/Win The One Place You Can Still Get a 3% Home Loan: Your Family


WSJ Diverging Jobs Data Raise Questions About Labor Market Health

This is an ongoing debate in my circle of friends, family – some are workers .. and some are the check writers and owners. $40k – 1.2 …. no one is happy . I talk out both sides of my mouth as a check writer … I hire, fire and need human capital, use it….