Current Affairs

The orange juice futures market predicts Florida weather better than the Weather channel. Markets, “information markets”, are very good predictors of the future, probably because they are able to incorporate the knowledge of a lot of people. And those people are betting real money, so they are making the best, most educated guess they can. […]

This business week article I’m A Bad Boss? Blame My Dad says that workplace dramas eat up 20-50% of employees’ time! Although I’m not sure the analogy to family dynamics is the way to go, I think paying more attention to relationships at work is important, as the article says it’s an increasingly important factor

I found this New York Times editorial by Carol F. Lee about Barbie kind of funny: Editorial Observer: The Evolution of Women’s Roles, Chronicled in the Life of a Doll.

For those of you like me who walk around with earbuds in your ears all day, this article will be interesting, More than just a pretty interface. Dr Michael Bull has studied how listening to your own private music (or book) can help people control their environment even in public, ad filled spaces. I found

John Kerry said “We should abolish the CIA. Because the CIA completely and totally missed the Soviet revolution.” in this New York Times interview. I’m sure he has more reasons than that – since it’s been a long time since the Soviet revolution and the CIA has done a lot (or not) since then. I

My boyfriend made an indoor herb garden today. It’s beautiful and it smells really good. He planted sage, mint, basil, oregano, rosemary, cilantro and dill. To learn more about herb gardens, Google for “indoor herb garden” or start with one of the following articles: Growing, Preserving and Using Herbs Indoor Herb Garden

A friend told me about Heifer International, a nonprofit organization that donates livestock to poor people around the world. The idea is that Heifer gives a poor family or community an animal that produces food, like a milk cow or a chicken. The family can than live off the proceeds, milk or eggs in this