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- Edwards squeaks to a second-place finish
- DES MOINES -- Barack Obama, the only African-American in the Senate, told a cheering, chanting crowd of supporters here Thursday that they "tore down barriers that have divided us for too long" by handing him a decisive victory in the first contest of this year's presidential campaign. ...
- Research articles 2008-01-04
- Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007
- It's hard to imagine why Kurt Vonnegut was called a "pessimist" or a "cynic." He lived through three quarters of the worst century ever, and saw enough of this one to get the picture. He didn't just read about the madness and horror: as an airman in World War II,...
- Research articles 2007-04-23
- Does anyone really have all the 'right stuff'?
- You don't have to be Mike Wallace to know that if an astronaut drives 900 miles while wearing a diaper, with the apparent intent to attack a woman she felt was her rival for another astronaut's affections, it qualifies as news. It qualifies on so many levels you...
- Research articles 2007-02-11
- Newsmakers | Tolkien heir is moved by 'Rings' stage debut
- Sure, hateful cynics, including yours truly, might mock the very idea of plopping Frodo Baggins, Galadriel and Legolas Greenleaf into some poxy musical. And, sure, critics have given the stage version ofJ.R.R. Tolkien'sLord of the Rings frigid reviews. ("Bored of the Rings," the Toronto Star calls it.) But that doesn't...
- Research articles 2006-03-26
- Chabad's Global Warming
- Mark, Jonathan The Jewish Week 12-02-2005 Outsiders praise 'the most effective Jewish organization.' If messianism hadn't become such a malignant word with which cynics and rivals indiscriminately tar, feather and suspect every Chabad-Lubavitch chasid, it would be easier to say...
- Research articles 2005-12-02
- Top-Down Productivity
- Top-Down ProductivityDon't walk, run to his bookIt's a quick read, super practical, and better than all the old methods. But you have to be disciplined. Getting Things Done is the book. The cult is GTD.Hardened old geezer laughs: The latest management trend?...at least this time, it treats people like they...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Debating pros and cons of interleague play.(Sports)
- Byline: Bruce Miles The Devil Rays are coming. The Devil Rays are coming. Yippee. The Yankees are coming. The White Sox are coming. Now we're talking. Such is the paradox of interleague play, which kicks...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- Do the Traficant Rant
- It's often said that the partisan infighting in Washington keeps anything from getting done. Well, last week Congress showed the cynics, voting 420-1 to expel Ohio Democrat James Traficant from the House. (The lone dissenter was Gary Condit, who knows from being shunned by co-workers.) Traficant, who was convicted in...
- Research articles 2002-08-05
- Business leaders can fight crime, terror through responsiveness
- One of the few things that genuine idealists and true cynics have in common is a determined belief that acts of crime or terrorism could never happen to them.Last week the Police Executive Research Forum called on the FBI to eliminate the amount of time and attention it gives in...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
- Motor Racing: Rahal has cynics on rack as he gets Jaguar roaring
- AMERICAN racing hero Bobby Rahal admits he had to break down a "barrier of cynicism" to justify his position as Jaguar's boss. The former CART champion, who led Jaguar to their first Formula One podium finish in last week's Monaco Grand Prix, admits bigger challenges lie ahead....
- Research articles 2001-06-03
- Gotta Be Kidding Department: Ex-FBI Agents Ripped Off in Plot
- Numbed though we may be by the bizarre scandals of the last few years, it remains possible for even the desensitized cynics of the Briefs Bunker to be amazed at the audacity of some people. Such was the case upon reading of the indictment of the former director of the...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- A Cynic's Rules for Business
- Starting this month, I’m going to be adding a “weekend†blog entry to SalesMachine. Since I don’t work on the weekends, and I assume that you don’t either, these weekend posts are going to be a bit broader in choice of topic, and may drift a bit outside...
- Blog posts 2008-08-09
Additional Resources
- The client fixer: Peter Olsen; MediaCom's Star Is a Nice Guy in a Cutthroat Business.(National Media Buyer of the Year)
- Byline: Louis Chunovic The next time some wised-up show business cynic sneers about how cutthroat The Business is and about how on Madison Avenue nice guys always finish last, just say this: Peter Olsen. ``Peter Olsen wins the Bob...
- Research articles 2003-03-03
- Perfect One Day. Then What? | BTalk Australia
- (13min 14) The Queensland mining sector is being hit hard by the collapse of export demand, yet the state’s CEOs remain relatively optimistic about the year ahead. While they expect a downturn they don’t expect to bit hit as hard as the rest of the country. Phil...
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- Learning Overtime
- I am not a fan of meetings. This is not a secret; people who work with me are all too familiar with my distaste. It's not that I think all meetings are pointless. But enough of my time -- and my coworkers' time -- has been wasted over the years...
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- Who Is David Allen?
- Who Is David Allen?GTD WorksI have been using GTD systematically for about 18 months now, and it has pretty much saved my life. I'm the absent-minded scientist type of person, with too many ideas, too many projects started, and never finished, etc. GTD lets me get stuff out...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- Bloggers with Attitude... Inside Wal-Mart?
- Bloggers with Attitude... Inside Wal-Mart?RE: Bloggers with Attitude... Inside Wal-Mart?Thank you for your comments. I have only visited Wal-Mart stores twice, once with my Mom late in her life when my kids and I pushed her wheelchair through a Wal-Mart store in Lansing, Michigan; and once with my ex-girlfriend as...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Air Today Gone Tomorrow | BTalk Australia
- So far this year 24 airlines around the world have gone out of business. What does this mean for the Asia Pacific region? In today's BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to aviation expert Tom Ballantyne about the challenges facing airlines and how it will impact future business...
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- A cynic's view of Washington: don't expect the U.S. government to accomplish much for manufacturers this year.(JUST IN TIME)
- THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN BEING SKEPTICAL and being downright cynical, and when it comes to the idea that the U.S. government will somehow solve all--or even some--of the manufacturing industry's problems, I guess you'll have to label me a cynical THERE'S A FINE LINE...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- Mazda muscle
- PRECISION is the word - the degree of attention to detail that characterises the new Mazda6. You might not notice there's a 1.5-mm gap which separates the headlamp unit from the front bumper, and another similar gap where the rear bumper meets the rear fender. This may be pure sales...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
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