Archive for the ‘American condition’ Category
Posted by Mack W. Borgen March 20th, 2019
Blog No 95 March 20, 2019 College Admissions Scandal – – Prison Is the Price of Guilt By Mack W. Borgen Author, National Award-Winning Dead Serious and Lighthearted – The Memorable Words of Modern America – Volume I (1957-1976), Volume II (1977-1993), and Volume III (1994-2015) (Published 2018-2019); The Relevance of Reason – The Hard Facts and Real Data […]
Tags: college admission scandalYale University, The Relevance of Reason, University of Texas
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Posted by Mack W. Borgen October 10th, 2014
The American Condition – Fascinating Facts Number and Concentration of U.S. Millionaire Households; School Segregation – 60 Years After Brown vs Board of Education – Average U.S. Charitable Giving – The Absurdity of the Week – Great Quotes About Age and Aging – Memorable Words About U.S. Business and Economy Blog No 49 October 10, […]
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Posted by Mack W. Borgen May 7th, 2014
Herbert Croly’s One Little Book, The Promise of American Life – Facts of the Day – Increasing Correlation Between CEO Compensation and Corporate Performance – Changes in Corporate Governance Rules Blog No. 40* May 6, 2014 *Please Note: At the request of some of my readers and in order to make locating and referencing my […]
Tags: Bill Gates, borgen, CEO Compensation, corporate governance, EU, Fairless, Felix Frankfurter, Harvard, Herbert Croly, Justice Leaned Hand, Lublin, Mark Zuckerberg, New York City, Promise of American Life, rip-off initiative, Santa Barbara, shareholder returns, Steinhauser, Switzerland, The Relevance of Reasonm, The Wall Street Journal, Walter Lippman, Walter Weyl
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Posted by Mack W. Borgen October 20th, 2013
Immediacy of Need for Change – Impact of Incompetence and Power of Greed – Redefining the Role of the Individual – Dangers In Delegating Decisions to Experts and Academics – Charitable Giving in U.S. – As Percentage of Income and As Percentage of GDP – Amount of U.S. Charitable Giving in Year 2011 THE RELEVANCE […]
Tags: academics, change, charitable giving, charity, Chronicle of Philanthropy, experts, F. Dennis, G. Fowler, Giving USA Foundation, Harper's Index, Harper's Magazine, marginal income tax rates, radio, role of individual, talking heads, television, The Wall Street Journal, The Week Magazine
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Posted by Mack W. Borgen September 30th, 2013
THE RELEVANCE OF REASON (Vol 2) – SOCIETY AND CULTURE (438 pp) IS NOW AVAILABLE Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com This is the companion book to The Relevance of Reason – Business and Politics (Vol 1) (408 pp) which was released in July 2013. ♥ Order A Set of These Companion Books Great As Holiday, Birthday, Graduation, or Special Event […]
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Posted by Mack W. Borgen September 6th, 2013
Keep Christmas Simple !!! ♥ Order a Copy To Give to Your Friends and Family ♥ The Relevance of Reason – Business and Politics (Shown here with its Companion Volume, The Relevance of Reason – Society and Culture) (Release Date: October 1, 2013) (Brody and Schmitt Publishers, an Imprint of Summerland Publishing)(2013) The Relevance of Reason […]
Tags: alan simpson, cynicism, grover norquist, information age, media, political pledges, politics, taxpayer protection pledge, Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal
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Posted by Mack W. Borgen August 28th, 2013
Excerpt and Fact of the Day “We no longer know whom to believe. All reporters are deemed too drive-by. All politicians are thought to be too compromised. The Pope is too Catholic, and Obama is too black. Cantor is too right, and Pelosi is too wrong. Reid is too mumbly, and Boehner is too tan. Cronkite […]
Tags: Boehner, Cantor, Catholic, Cronkite, Fox News, Kardashian, Limbaugh, media, National Review, New Republic, Obama, Pelosi, Pope, Reid, The Nation, trust in media. drive-by, Weekly Standard
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Posted by Mack W. Borgen August 26th, 2013
Excerpt …(T)he facts about America’s achievements, its failings, and its current condition have somehow gotten lost in the mix. Not wanting to disturb us with details or precision, much of the media (but not all!!) and most politicians present the world in a binary form — us or them, this way or that way, no […]
Tags: American Society of Civil Engineers, borgen, infrastructure, investment in U.S. infrastructure, media, perpetuation of conflict, Precision
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