Gongol.com Archives: February 2016
February 15, 2016
A thoughtful reflection on the death of Justice Antonin Scalia
Scalia could be curmudgeonly and immovable, but he was also brilliant. He vigorously advocated a perspective on the law that should always be heard, even if it shouldn't always prevail.
Things aren't as free in Hong Kong as it may have been believed
Rioting and protests have been happening, and not everybody is a fan of mass assembly
Deutsche Bank worries that only the Federal Reserve can prevent stock-price declines
If the Fed raises interest rates, that could touch off trouble for companies that have borrowed too much, and that could put the hit on their stocks
Cedar Falls Utilities establishes a "solar garden"
They're installing a bunch of solar panels and customers are buying shares to cover the installation price in exchange for credits on their power bills
The private sector isn't the only place where poorly-supervised executives pad their own pay
The Chicago Transit Authority is dealing with pension payments that executives could start collecting in their 40s
Air Force One and how the Boeing 747 has evolved with time
The airframe, which has been in the air since 1968, has undergone incremental improvements over time that mean it goes farther, faster, on less fuel today than previous generations. That's the value of incremental improvements accumulated over time. Revolutions come from time to time, but continuous improvement is far more powerful than people generally acknowledge.
