Editor's Desk: Just Do It by Sherrie Gossett Feed Your Family on $10 Billion a Day by David Burge Coming up with the cash to keep Uncle Sam flush is a piece of cake—if you don't mind a little blood on your hands. Leader of the Geeks by Kira Newman He launched a start-up that helps developers build web applications faster. Now he's helping to draw millions in venture capital to the D.C. region. sidebar: Start it Up! A sampling of D.C. start-ups. Queen of the Triple Win How Lynda Weinman Launched a Revolution in Technology Education by Sherrie Gossett sidebar: Reflecting on Steve Jobs by Lynda Weinman Weinman, who in the mid-1980s spoke publicly on behalf of Apple about her use of its computers in creating animation for Star Trek V, reflects on the impact Steve Jobs made. The Problem Solver by Kira Newman A frustrated accountant sets out to cure small-business headaches. Theme Section: Winning: Succeeding and Thriving in Life I Can and I Will by David Kelley "I can" recognizes what is possible for us. "I will" takes responsibility for living. Loving the Doing by Ed Hudgins Optimal experience comes when high skills are challenged to their limit. Losing While Winning by William R Thomas Are you winning little or winning big? Living an Extraordinary Life by Sarah Perry It starts with hope, dreams, and a kick in the seat of the pants. The Chief Burger Flipper of Island Famous by Sarah Perry How a new grad went from busboy to restaurant owner and real estate developer. Trysts a poem
Editor's Desk: Choice and Freedom by Sherrie Gossett Smokin' Soul: The Story of Daptone Records by Sarah Perry Deep inside a ramshackle Brooklyn row house, two R&B sidemen are engineering vinyl records burning with fatback groove and bottomless soul. Radicalism vs. Normality by William R Thomas Did Jane Austen approve of slavery? And what does that have to do with how you perceive the world around you today? The Radical But Conservative Declaration of Independence by Alexander R. Cohen Can a movement be both radical and conservative? We can find a precedent in this historic document. Canada's Stephen Harper: Radical? by Brad Doucet A look at the promise and missteps of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's career. The War in Iraq: All Over But the Doubting by Walter Donway Why we're in no better position, today, to avoid unnecessary wars, and identify necessary ones, than we were in the Vietnam era. SPECIAL REPORT ObamaCare: Rx for Crisis by David Hogberg Provisions within ObamaCare will gut the growth of physician-owned specialty hospitals. Investigative reporter David Hogberg explains what you need to know about this dangerous threat to your health care options. sidebar: Achievement and Success: Behind the Scenes at a Physician-Owned Specialty Hospital by David Hogberg sidebar: Institutionalized Inefficiency: Behind the Scenes at a General Hospital by David Hogberg ENDNOTES The Barn a poem by Walter Donway
The following are articles and blog posts about or mentioning the case of Greg Reyes, former CEO of Brocade Communications, Inc. Reyes took Brocade, once a small start-up company, and turned it into a Silicon Valley leader, increasing the workforce by 600 percent and raising revenue from $24 million to $596 million.
Sherrie GossetWinter 2011 issue -- When you are in need of surgery or medical treatment, who should decide what type of hospital you use? You? Or politicians and interest groups? Your health, pocketbook, and life may be at stake in such a decision.
Winter 2011 issue -- Did Jane Austen approve of slavery? In her novel Mansfield Park, published in 1814, the wealthy pater-familias Thomas Bertram is mostly absent, because he is off tending to his plantation on Antigua—where the fields would have been worked by African slaves. Yet, when he is mentioned, and again once he returns to his home, he is a positive and respected figure. Slavery isn’t a problem in the novel. His slave-holding leaves no more moral stain than does his bank account.
When people think of Medicare, they usually think of the government health insurance program for seniors over age 65. They may even recall..
Dr. Eric Logan and First Presbyterian Hospital are pseudonyms, used at the request of the doctor interview...
Forget the gleaming stainless steel skyscrapers. Forget the latest recording equipment, overpaid executives, and auto-tuning. ..
The incision Dr. Thomas Tkach makes into his patient’s knee is almost like clockwork. It is Friday morning, and within minutes Dr. Tkach...
February 23, 2012 -- If backdated options affected something called “earnings,” and “investors care about earnings,” is that enough to show that backdated options were material information for investors to have—even without proof that the real earnings investors care about are the “earnings” affected by backdated options?
The Leyden jar is variously called a condenser or capacitor, and the reasons for those two names become obvious when one understands the...
Electrical matter consists of extremely small particles. (True. Electrons are particles and are smaller than can be measured..
In 1940, The Saturday Evening Post carried a short story by Paul Gallico (1897-1976), who had begun his career as a sports reporter but who
January 2000 -- This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. T
Benjamin Franklin is the ideal person to lead off The Atlas Society''s Year 250 celebration, for many reasons. First, Franklin was a man who
This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. There, under the
One side effect of the 2008 financial crisis has been renewed attention to the ban on insider
"Tea parties." "Going Galt." You've probably seen a growing number of references to these in the media, online, and on signs at rallies reacting to new government spending and controls. The Boston Tea Party was a rebellion against excessive government. Today's "tea parties" say "no" to spending without limit and the government takeover of our lives.
Sidebar article to: " Goddess Undeified ." a review of the book Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, by Jennifer Burns.Fall 2009 issue -- Jennifer Burns summarizes the essential structure of Objectivism in one place in her biography, a single paragraph on page 148: “It was all adding up to one integrated system. Man was a rational creature who used his mind to survive. The rational faculty required independence and individuality to operate properly; therefore an ethic of selfishness was appropriate for rational men.”
Fall 2009 issue — The vision of the electric car is a totem to the Progressive movement. But is it a realistic vision?Progressive-inclined businesspeople are thick on the ground in Silicon Valley, a bastion of environmentalism. Since information technology can operate at a comfortable distance from the factories of energy producers, an entrepreneur can make millions in IT without ever deviating from his or her green creed.
Editor's Desk: Just Do It by Sherrie Gossett Feed Your Family on $10 Billion a Day by David Burge Coming up with the cash to keep Uncle Sam flush is a piece of cake—if you don't mind a little blood on your hands. Leader of the Geeks by Kira Newman He launched a start-up that helps developers build web applications faster. Now he's helping to draw millions in venture capital to the D.C. region. sidebar: Start it Up! A sampling of D.C. start-ups. Queen of the Triple Win How Lynda Weinman Launched a Revolution in Technology Education by Sherrie Gossett sidebar: Reflecting on Steve Jobs by Lynda Weinman Weinman, who in the mid-1980s spoke publicly on behalf of Apple about her use of its computers in creating animation for Star Trek V, reflects on the impact Steve Jobs made. The Problem Solver by Kira Newman A frustrated accountant sets out to cure small-business headaches. Theme Section: Winning: Succeeding and Thriving in Life I Can and I Will by David Kelley "I can" recognizes what is possible for us. "I will" takes responsibility for living. Loving the Doing by Ed Hudgins Optimal experience comes when high skills are challenged to their limit. Losing While Winning by William R Thomas Are you winning little or winning big? Living an Extraordinary Life by Sarah Perry It starts with hope, dreams, and a kick in the seat of the pants. The Chief Burger Flipper of Island Famous by Sarah Perry How a new grad went from busboy to restaurant owner and real estate developer. Trysts a poem
Editor's Desk: Choice and Freedom by Sherrie Gossett Smokin' Soul: The Story of Daptone Records by Sarah Perry Deep inside a ramshackle Brooklyn row house, two R&B sidemen are engineering vinyl records burning with fatback groove and bottomless soul. Radicalism vs. Normality by William R Thomas Did Jane Austen approve of slavery? And what does that have to do with how you perceive the world around you today? The Radical But Conservative Declaration of Independence by Alexander R. Cohen Can a movement be both radical and conservative? We can find a precedent in this historic document. Canada's Stephen Harper: Radical? by Brad Doucet A look at the promise and missteps of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's career. The War in Iraq: All Over But the Doubting by Walter Donway Why we're in no better position, today, to avoid unnecessary wars, and identify necessary ones, than we were in the Vietnam era. SPECIAL REPORT ObamaCare: Rx for Crisis by David Hogberg Provisions within ObamaCare will gut the growth of physician-owned specialty hospitals. Investigative reporter David Hogberg explains what you need to know about this dangerous threat to your health care options. sidebar: Achievement and Success: Behind the Scenes at a Physician-Owned Specialty Hospital by David Hogberg sidebar: Institutionalized Inefficiency: Behind the Scenes at a General Hospital by David Hogberg ENDNOTES The Barn a poem by Walter Donway
The following are articles and blog posts about or mentioning the case of Greg Reyes, former CEO of Brocade Communications, Inc. Reyes took Brocade, once a small start-up company, and turned it into a Silicon Valley leader, increasing the workforce by 600 percent and raising revenue from $24 million to $596 million.
Sherrie GossetWinter 2011 issue -- When you are in need of surgery or medical treatment, who should decide what type of hospital you use? You? Or politicians and interest groups? Your health, pocketbook, and life may be at stake in such a decision.
Winter 2011 issue -- Did Jane Austen approve of slavery? In her novel Mansfield Park, published in 1814, the wealthy pater-familias Thomas Bertram is mostly absent, because he is off tending to his plantation on Antigua—where the fields would have been worked by African slaves. Yet, when he is mentioned, and again once he returns to his home, he is a positive and respected figure. Slavery isn’t a problem in the novel. His slave-holding leaves no more moral stain than does his bank account.
When people think of Medicare, they usually think of the government health insurance program for seniors over age 65. They may even recall..
Dr. Eric Logan and First Presbyterian Hospital are pseudonyms, used at the request of the doctor interview...
Forget the gleaming stainless steel skyscrapers. Forget the latest recording equipment, overpaid executives, and auto-tuning. ..
The incision Dr. Thomas Tkach makes into his patient’s knee is almost like clockwork. It is Friday morning, and within minutes Dr. Tkach...
February 23, 2012 -- If backdated options affected something called “earnings,” and “investors care about earnings,” is that enough to show that backdated options were material information for investors to have—even without proof that the real earnings investors care about are the “earnings” affected by backdated options?
The Leyden jar is variously called a condenser or capacitor, and the reasons for those two names become obvious when one understands the...
Electrical matter consists of extremely small particles. (True. Electrons are particles and are smaller than can be measured..
In 1940, The Saturday Evening Post carried a short story by Paul Gallico (1897-1976), who had begun his career as a sports reporter but who
January 2000 -- This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. T
Benjamin Franklin is the ideal person to lead off The Atlas Society''s Year 250 celebration, for many reasons. First, Franklin was a man who
This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. There, under the
One side effect of the 2008 financial crisis has been renewed attention to the ban on insider
"Tea parties." "Going Galt." You've probably seen a growing number of references to these in the media, online, and on signs at rallies reacting to new government spending and controls. The Boston Tea Party was a rebellion against excessive government. Today's "tea parties" say "no" to spending without limit and the government takeover of our lives.
Sidebar article to: " Goddess Undeified ." a review of the book Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, by Jennifer Burns.Fall 2009 issue -- Jennifer Burns summarizes the essential structure of Objectivism in one place in her biography, a single paragraph on page 148: “It was all adding up to one integrated system. Man was a rational creature who used his mind to survive. The rational faculty required independence and individuality to operate properly; therefore an ethic of selfishness was appropriate for rational men.”
Fall 2009 issue — The vision of the electric car is a totem to the Progressive movement. But is it a realistic vision?Progressive-inclined businesspeople are thick on the ground in Silicon Valley, a bastion of environmentalism. Since information technology can operate at a comfortable distance from the factories of energy producers, an entrepreneur can make millions in IT without ever deviating from his or her green creed.