“The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”  Confucius

“Newt’s Real Legacy” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/collins-the-real-legacy-of-newt-gingrich.html?scp=3&sq=gail%20collins&st=cse “College Says It Exaggerated SAT Figures For Ratings” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/education/claremont-mckenna-college-says-it-exaggerated-sat-figures.html “At the Century Mark, It’s Not Just About the Cookies” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/business/media/girl-scouts-celebrating-100-years-with-more-than-cookies.html “Segregation Hits Historic Low” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203920204577193261646566778.html Industry Coverage: “Black female artists are focus of Black History Month programs at Rock and Roll Hall of [...]

“Hope, But Not Much Change” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opinion/brooks-hope-but-not-much-change.html “Jobs, Jobs And Cars” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opinion/krugman-jobs-jobs-and-cars.html “Auto Retailer Heralds a Turnaround, Citing Demand to Replace Aging Cars” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/business/citing-increased-demand-autonation-improves-its-outlook.html “Recovery Doesn’t Feature Typical Snapback in Growth” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203363504577185313667095068.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “Auto Makers’ New Math Drives Net” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203363504577185231066443106.html “Storm Clouds Loom on P&G’s Horizon” – [...]

“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.”  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

”The True Cost Of High School Dropouts” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/opinion/the-true-cost-of-high-school-dropouts.html “How Pimps Use the Web To Sell Girls” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/opinion/how-pimps-use-the-web-to-sell-girls.html “Accusations of Delay In Disclosing Volt Fire” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/republicans-charge-delay-in-volt-fire-announcement.html “Economic Gains Aid Obama” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577183264192772768.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “Car Makers Turn to U.S. Plants” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577177050015873424.html

”For Newcomers in Silicon Valley, the Dream of Entrepreneurship Still Lives” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/us/silicon-valley-newcomers-are-still-dreaming-big.html “Average Is Over” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/opinion/friedman-average-is-over.html “Mitt, Is This Wit?” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/opinion/dowd-mitt-is-this-wit.html “Officer Admits False Arrest” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577181253378885594.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “GM Sees Politics in Criticism” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203718504577181183637129626.html Industry Coverage: “State of the Union: Proposals may do little to reduce black [...]

“I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.”  Henry Ford

“Free-Market Socialism” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/opinion/brooks-free-market-socialism-.html “The Gusts of Gingrich” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/opinion/bruni-the-gusts-of-gingrich.html “Collision in the Making Between Self-Driving Cars and How the World Works” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/technology/googles-autonomous-vehicles-draw-skepticism-at-legal-symposium.html “Lifting Veil On Love And Islam” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/books/in-love-inshallah-american-muslim-women-reveal-lives.html “Steelmakers Lighten the Load” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204624204577176853937984874.html?mod=ITP_marketplace_0 Industry Coverage: “Newt Gingrich: Latinos, Blacks Don’t Understand ‘Key To Future Wealth,’ [...]

“Our lives begin to end the day we decide to become silent about things that matter.”  MLK

“Is Our Economy Healing?” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/opinion/krugman-is-our-economy-healing.html “Car Makers’ U-Turn Steers Job Gains” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577177050015873424.html

“Johnny Otis Dies at 90; A Mover and Shaker Of Rhythm and Blues” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/arts/music/johnny-otis-musician-dies-at-90.html “Taxes at the Top” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/opinion/krugman-taxes-at-the-top.html “Homeowners Stop Waiting To Spruce Up” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577167303887587024.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “Second-Generation Genius” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577170680390562956.html Industry Coverage: “Obama Apollo Theater Fundraiser Marks President’s Return To Harlem” – Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/obama-apollo-theater-fundraiser-harlem-election-2012_n_1216905.html?ref=black-voices         [...]

“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure…than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”  Theodore Roosevelt

Pew Research Center reports that “fewer than four in ten (38%) say there are serious conflicts between blacks and whites, including 10% who see these conflicts as being ‘very strong.’ About a third say there are similar disagreements between the young and the old (34%, a 9-point increase since 2009).” While racial conflicts have seemed [...]

“When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, simply drop it.”  Marquis de Vauvenargues

“Reporter Dies in Pakistan, And Taliban Warn Others” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/world/asia/reporter-dies-in-pakistan-and-taliban-warn-others.html “Anchors Aweigh, My Boys” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/opinion/anchors-aweigh-my-boys.html “U.S. Debt? Bain Might Leverage It” – NYT http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/the-united-states-economy-through-a-private-equity-lens/?ref=todayspaper “Bain Capital Saved America” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577169032997242246.html “A Jolt for GM’s Volt: Car-Pool Access” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203735304577168972685094672.html Industry Coverage: “Black, Latino or Both?” – Theroot.com http://www.theroot.com/buzz/black-latino-or-both-1 “P&G Has [...]

“Piles of Petitions Are Delivered To Recall Wisconsin’s Governor” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us/organizers-say-1-million-signed-petition-to-recall-gov-walker-in-wisconsin.html “Risks for G.O.P. in Attacks With Racial Themes” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us/politics/risks-for-gop-on-attacks-with-racial-themes-political-memo.html “Humbled Flint Forced To Take State’s Orders” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203735304577163752725118984.html “Kraft to Cut Jobs As Part of Split” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577166881097384506.html “Which Car Fantasies Should Come to Life?” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577166674291116402.html Industry [...]

“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said.”  Anonymous

“Split by Race and Wealth, but Discovering Similarities as They Study Steinbeck” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/education/studying-steinbeck-new-jersey-students-find-common-ground.html “Keep It Simple” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/opinion/bankings-got-a-new-critic.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper “From Bottom Up, Signs of Housing Recovery” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204468004577165163238970438.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”  MLK

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Uneasy Neighbors in a Southern Gothic Tale” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/us/in-laurens-sc-the-redneck-shop-and-its-neighbor.html “The C.E.O. In Politics” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/opinion/brooks-the-ceo-in-politics.html “America Isn’t a Corporation” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/opinion/krugman-america-isnt-a-corporation.html “In a Test, Target Plans to Add an Apple ‘Store’ Inside 25 Stores” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/business/target-plans-apple-mini-stores.html “Struggle And Song Define A Life” – NYT http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/movies/sing-your-song-documentary-about-harry-belafonte-review.html “A New Storm’s Brewing Down on [...]

“You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.”  Henry Ford

“Survey Finds Rising Strain Between Rich And the Poor” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/us/more-conflict-seen-between-rich-and-poor-survey-finds.html “The Value Of Teachers” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/opinion/kristof-the-value-of-teachers.html “The Primary Primer” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/opinion/collins-the-primary-primer.html “A Blend of Politics and Pragmatism at the Auto Show” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/business/auto-show-blends-politics-and-pragmatism.html “5% of patients account for half of health care spending” – USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-01-11/health-care-costs-11/52505562/1 “American Grown” – [...]

“Fatal Stampede in South Africa Points Up Crisis at Universities” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/world/africa/stampede-highlights-crisis-at-south-african-universities.html “Questions Swirl Over What Led to Florida Drum Major’s Death” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/education/florida-am-hazing-death-parents-speak-out.html “A Perfect Doll” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/opinion/dowd-a-perfect-doll.html “G.M. Looks to Luxury Cars for Higher Profit” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/business/general-motors-looks-to-luxury-cars-for-higher-profit.html “Mining Cosby’s Golden Past” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/arts/television/bill-cosby-appreciation-and-screenings-at-paley-center-for-media.html “Daimler’s Smart Gets Tuneup” – [...]