Haven Pell

Edward Snowden is an unusual fellow. He is a 29-year-old high-school dropout who did not complete community college, yet he made more than $200,000 per year working for Booz Allen Hamilton, a major defense contractor. He has been employed by the…

Apple CEO, Tim Cook, wore a tie the other day for his Senate grilling about the taxes paid ( -- or rather not paid) – by his company. Following the lead of former Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, Cook prefers open- neck shirts, fashionable in his home court (…

Some may have been surprised, during the 2013 State of the Union, when President Obama said, "So, tonight, I ask Congress to change the Higher Education Act so that affordability and value are included in determining which colleges receive certain…

There are 537 elected officials in the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House. Of these, 257 are Democrats (54 in the Senate, 201 in the House and two in the White House), 279 are Republicans (45 in the Senate and 234 in the…

Later in the week a no good, very bad thing called the "sequester" is supposed to happen because 535 senators and representatives, one president, and legions of earnest staff people can not decide how to make this country live within its means…

The United States government, joined by quite a number of states, has sued Standard & Poor's Corporation for doing a very bad job of rating various kinds of mortgage-backed security during the housing crisis. There are some lessons here but you will…

Investment pros will tell you that there is a difference between a good company and a good stock. Recently, owners of Apple have come to understand this clearly. A company can make excellent products, but the capability is too well known. The stock…

In its continuing quest to determine exactly how stupid we are, some in our government have come up with a truly idiotic plan. We know just how dimwitted it is based on a careful application of the “Paul Krugman” test. According to scrupulous…

Imagine for a moment that you are Timothy Geithner, the Treasury Secretary appointed by President Obama. You are 51-years-old and you have just spent four years as a punching bag for congressional Republicans. What’s next? The answer is obviously…