December 2011
15 posts
WatchTime will tell. It’s very interesting to listen to a very well known BEAR and his views of the market for 2012
“Name one ethical statement made, or one ethical action performed, by a believer...”
– Hitch
Learning...
Dear Friends:
As we discussed, I am in the process of starting a new enterprise that takes the work that we have done together in the past to the “next frontier” if you will, by putting it in the center of what people need to cope and thrive in the reality of our world today.
I have no doubt that the work we did together in the past, at Action Technologies and Business Design Associates, was...
An absolute heroic leader.
by Juli Weiner
11:45 PM, DECEMBER 15 2011
BY GASPER TRINGALE.
Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62. Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the spring of 2010, just after the publication of his memoir, Hitch-22, and began chemotherapy soon after. His matchless prose has...
Hitch - As reported in Vanity Fair
January 2012
Trial of the Will
Reviewing familiar principles and maxims in the face of mortal illness, Christopher Hitchens has found one of them increasingly ridiculous: “Whatever doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” Oh, really? Take the case of the philosopher to whom that line is usually attributed, Friedrich Nietzsche, who lost his mind to what was probably syphilis. Or America’s...
Brilliant
Thomas Jefferson
This is amazing.
Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very
early in life and never stopped.
At 5, began studying under his cousin’s tutor.
At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.
At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.
At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.
At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George...
