I was just remarking to a colleague earlier today that some of the email spam is getting pretty clever. I get these ones now with a subject like Someone has run a background check on you. I bet that works pretty well on someone who isn’t that bright and has something colorful in his past. … Read more
OK, so we’ve been over “after the close, shut up” recently. Something reminded me tonight of another pair of closely related axioms: From the seller’s side: If the buyer takes your first offer, you could have gotten more. From the buyer’s side: If the seller takes your first offer, you could have paid less. Now … Read more
I haven’t had much to say about sequestration, but I encountered something extraordinary in its gall last night. Writing in The Washington Times, Stephen Dinan tells of recent correspondence directing one inquiring official to make the pain of sequestration, not potential mitigation, a top priority: In the internal email, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service … Read more