Category Archives: Only in America

I invented a word

Posted on October 7, 2011 by RK

Okay, may be not quite. But we all invent new words that help us articulate something that would otherwise require lot of words. Of course, the person we are speaking to should know the word we use – but once … Continue reading →

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Executive Mistakes

Posted on September 19, 2011 by RK

I felt the CEO of NetFlix attempted to make a connection with his customers in a personal sort of way, when he sent that letter of apology with some brutally-honest-sounding words in the message. Not long ago, if you remember, the … Continue reading →

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Debt issue explained

Posted on August 2, 2011 by RK

For the last fortnight or so, the debt issue has been sweeping the attention of every curious guy in the nation, and perhaps in the world. The actual issue is complex, but not difficult to understand. Before you get to … Continue reading →

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Weekend cliché

Posted on July 5, 2011 by RK
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Security Theater

Posted on November 19, 2010 by RK

Much has been talked about the elevated (okay, obsessive) sense of security that has been put on transport security in general, airport screening in particular.  I have never experienced air-travel in the US prior to 9/11, but people say security … Continue reading →

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Learn from (others’) mistakes

Posted on May 24, 2010 by RK

There is overwhelming evidence that America regrets spending its time and energy (and money) building freeways across the height and breadth of country. Whether it is reducing carbon footprint or saving the ever-depleting deposits of fossil fuel or confronting the … Continue reading →

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Ground zero

Posted on April 21, 2010 by RK

It was a few weeks ago that when I read on news that an employee of the 9/11 memorial center, absconded with several thousands of dollars of cash, collected from visitors. What an irony. Somebody should rob money from the very place … Continue reading →

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Bo or what?

Posted on April 14, 2009 by RK

I love dogs. If not for the poop-scoop laws or the fact that I’d have to leave them alone when I am at work, I would have bought a dog myself. But I sincerely believe human welfare is far more … Continue reading →

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Who will follow suit?

Posted on January 18, 2009 by RK

You dont have to look at the share prices, P/L statements and CEO compensations to ascertain the fate of certain companies, which would have had a difficult time always but the ill-fated economy will expose them and cause them to … Continue reading →

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Seven Dwarfs

Posted on July 31, 2007 by RK

To me, Jeffrey Wigand is one of the bravest and noblest whistle-blowers of all times. Every user of some form of tobacco should read his story / watch the movie version

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