Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
A Crash Course in Moneyball
Welcome to Billy Beane’s Low Budget Strategy to Stay Competitive in the Era of Big Market Baseball.
Depending on your level of obsession with baseball, you may have heard the term Moneyball. As far as avid Oakland Athletics fans go, Moneyball has become your sole existence. Contrived by Athletics’ General Manager Billy Beane, Moneyball is a [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in Science, Sports by Greg Molyneux
Monday, January 21st, 2008
The Economy for Dummies: What does it all really mean?
All too often I hear illegitimate talk about “the economy” by people who clearly are not educated to the way an “economy” really works. At the office water cooler, small talk with strangers, family and friends discussing the past, present and future states of the economy are all instances where I have heard complete [...]
13 Comments » - Posted in Business, Economics by Jason Morgan
Saturday, January 19th, 2008
Book Review: NEXT
NEXT by Michael Crichton is an eye opening novel about gene therapy and stem cell research. Over recent years with all the technological advances in DNA, genes, and stem cells there has been a lot of controversy circulating around ethical implications. Are doctors playing God? What kind of consequences will there [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Literature by Gregory Rineberg
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Is Exxon Mobil Getting Hosed?
Note: For the best understanding of the post below, please download the following excel workbook, my analysis of Exxon Mobil’s Income Statement.
I was on the bandwagon with the media and internet frenzy about Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) being a nefarious company preying on the people of the U.S. who are hog-tied to their [...]
27 Comments » - Posted in Business, Current Events, Energy by Jason Morgan
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Book Review: 1776
In the year 1776, the world witnessed the 13 colonies of America raise up their arms and fight against the tyranny of Britain. The book, 1776, written by David McCullough portrays a brilliant story of the hardships and successes the fledgling United States government experienced in the year that was the nation’s “Declaration of Independence”.
The [...]
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