: About Me

 I have enjoyed my successful, and some unsuccessful,experiences as Founder and President of companies in Retail, Direct Marketing, Mail Order, Publishing, Management and Turn-around Consulting, Manufacturing and Distribution,and Investment Banking.

You can learn from both success and failure; more from less works for me.

I try not to make the same mistake more than (fill in blank_____) times.

I have been a Board Member of a nationally-known non-profit, and a member of Mensa. I  have recently taken to opining on Blogs, Op-eds, articles and columns in major venues like the WSJ, CNet, ZDnet, Target, WordPress, Triond, Associated Content (Featured Business Writer), and others.

I believe that there are Free-Market solutions for most societal problems, but those solutions must include societal imperatives that tend to limit the Libertarian dimension of outcomes.

My passion is ...

free-market-based, economically-based, pragmatic solutions to modern issues in a capitalistic society.

I know too much about ...

Whoa! How can you know TOO much?

My parents always told me ...

Mother; Be honest with yourself, be loyal to you family and friends,

My childhood ambition ...

Space Explorer

My favorite memory ...

Gymnastic tymbling act participant in JHS

Why I write ...

Can't help myself, have to share; my solution best

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Cable news, Opera-Pavoratti, Rock-Frampton

My first job ...

Shoveling snow in neighborhood

My best moment ...

Graduating college at night - BS Business

My inspiration ...

Observing family and friends overcome obstacles and succeed

Education > College Search The hope and opportunity offered by online distance learning

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  They Can All Be Geniuses Here's the problem; Joey in New York goes to school under New York standards that make Joey in the top 10% of students nationally. Mike in Mississippi goes to school with locally mandated standards, also modified by "No Child Left Behind", but is in the lowest 10% of students nationally.  Both are educated under a national standard for some aspects of their education, but markedly different standards based on local politics, unions and other  forces.   How does that make sense?   Educational academics, politicians, parents, and teach...

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