Brian Gongol
Graphic of the day: Skylab
Charlie Munger thinks most CEOs are overpaid
...and that most board members are overpaid, too. But he also (correctly) points out, "Just because something is a serious problem doesn't mean that you can fix it."
Some people are too dumb to use this "Internet" thing
A columnist at the National Review suggests he doesn't think Chuck Hagel will run for President, based partly on the observation that the domain name Hagel2008.com is taken but nothing's there. But a simple WHOIS search would've indicated that the domain is owned by Hagel's Sandhills PAC. He may or may not run, but a simple WHOIS search isn't much to ask and would've explained everything. Hagel is one of the few real pro-market 2008 Presidential candidates, either announced or prospective.
Self-help advocacy
Wall Street: Too little cash, too much buying on the margin
UK's biggest retailer wants to invade the US
Meanwhile, Wal-Mart is trying to figure out which consumer segments to target, which is an utterly different strategy from the geography-based plan they originally used to grow into an empire. Some people question the report's design (which is fair), but the bigger issue is that no business stays king of its market forever. Just ask Sears and Montgomery Ward, each of which once was top of the heap among retailers.
Lots of water yet to be melted out across Iowa
Rosey Grier does needlepoint
What everyone's watching on TV
And what the nation's TV market map roughly looks like
