I’m back on the old blog page (first time since my second son was born) and need to talk about the upcoming election. Although this election was heralded as the “same ole same ole” this one is shaping up to be a doozy. Less than one week away and there seems to be more interest [...]
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April 27, 2011Dow over 11,000 — but what does that mean?
October 11, 2010The American public is not too impressed with the newest milestone reached on the stock exchange. While unemployment remains high, the public (and the voters) remain upset with the current state of affairs as a recent poll has shown. See this article for more details. Meanwhile, I was obviously wrong with saying that the Dow [...]
Dow dips below 10,000
August 31, 2010Attention grabbing headline, but not relevant anymore as the Dow has since risen back above the psychologically significant 10,000 mark. Where the Dow is headed is still a mystery, but I know from my recent trip to the US, the second wave of this recession seems to be coming around. Quite a while ago a [...]
Getting things done
August 2, 2010Just a few observations from my trip to China. Seeing the growth of Shenzhen and the skyscrapers of Pudong in Shanghai, one cannot help but be impressed by the progress made in the last 30 years. I even got to ride on the Pudong Mag-Lev train to the airport. Very impressive. I was instantly reminded [...]
Healthcare reform–it’s hard to get excited
March 26, 2010I’ve been following health care reform in the US, but only on the periphery. It sounds like there are no major changes taking place. Saying this, I just wanted to pass along this post from Loring Wirbel on his blog. Sometimes it’s just to hard to get excited about the minutiae of details that go into these [...]
Ann Coulter in Ottawa
March 25, 2010Again, I’m a little late on the ball, but definitely had to comment on Ann Coulter’s recent visit to Ottawa. I am by no means a fan of Ann Coulter, but think that the University of Ottawa did themselves a disservice by sending the letter to warn her about her speech. I believe this [...]
El Toro – 1991
March 22, 2010Another interesting point brought up by the No Agenda guys recently–pertaining to the most recent Pentagon shooter. The mention of the 1991 death of Marine Colonel James Sabow, brought up some old news…and an enduring controversy. I really don’t have too much to add to this, but feel some of the coverage of this should [...]
Canadian Housing Bubble(?)
March 15, 2010One of the biggest economic questions we have in this country right now is whether there is housing bubble or not. House prices are on the rise again, as we seem to be “out” of this most recent recession. Is this a good thing? One thing that I have noted is that the home prices [...]
Ottawa Urban Boundary Expansion
February 23, 2010I have been a slow poster, because of many things that have been keeping me preoccupied including work, but there is an issue that has come up that I really do want to discuss. I’m not sure if I am missing all the details , but Ottawa City Council is reopening a debate about the [...]
Outsourcing–the debate rages
February 10, 2010I just read an interesting article on EE Times about outsourcing. The comments section brings out some of the passion of the engineering community in North America. I actually think the comments from Nirav Desai, Graduate student have some merit. Place manufacturing in the country of the consumer, and he uses the automotive industry as [...]
