Us vs. Them

Click HERE for today's column. The "Us vs. Them" outlook is a lot more popular than the cool "indifference" studied by economists.

Oily loop-de-loop

Oil prices....they're baaaack. Click HERE to read the story.

Flying coconuts and rented nukes

Click HERE for today's column. The Asian arms race that I foresee will hold a lot of surprises...and a Rent-a-Nuke idea is mighty creative.

A man with a tape recorder up his nose

Click HERE for today's column. This is going to be such a zany, madcap year in economics it will seem like a Monty Python skit.

So, just to get you in the mood for 2010, here is, indeed, the man with a tape recorder up his nose.

Credit: Not gone (yet)

Click HERE for today's column, which highlights a blessing worth counting: As we start the New Year, credit is still available to entrepreneurs.

For naughty, press 1...

Click HERE for today's column. Santa is shutting down his North Pole operation and outsourcing his customer service to a call center in Bangalore, and Santa himself is moving to Guam.

Don't ask me

Click HERE for today's column, where I note that nobody has ever had to stand still for a lecture from me on what to do for a living... since I've never given such a lecture. I also mention a couple of interesting writers: Robert Ringer and Baltasar Gracian.

Air wars

Click HERE for today's column. Saipan and Boeing aircraft have at least 65 years of history together, so here's a look at Boeing's 787 airplane and its rivalry with Airbus.

Some links: Here's a link to a good Wikipedia article on the Boeing and Airbus rivalry. Here's a recent Xinhua newspaper article on United Airlines' latest purchase, in which you'll note that United is hedging its bets and splitting its order between the 787 and the A350.

Holiday stress?

Click HERE for today's column...and count your blessings this Christmas season, since those who have all the blessings don't know how to count.

Be a high-tech Santa in 2009

Click HERE for today's column, which has some "travel tech" suggestions for the traveler on your Saipan Christmas gift list.