“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” -Milton Berle

“Obama Campaign Confronts Voter ID Laws” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/us/politics/obama-campaign-confronts-voter-id-laws.html “A Radio Merger in New York Reflects Shifting Industry” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/business/media/a-radio-merger-in-new-york-reflects-a-shifting-industry.html?_r=1 “Wasting Our Minds” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/opinion/krugman-wasting-our-minds.html ‘Think Like a Man’ Stays No. 1 Film” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304868004577374074119575352.html?KEYWORDS=think+like+a+man “Hollywood Returning to Obama Fold” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303990604577369924085392742.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

“Hockey Loss Sets Off Slurs, and Boston Asks, ‘Again?” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/us/joel-ward-slurs-embarrass-boston.html “Is Our Adults Learning” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/opinion/brooks-is-our-adults-learning.html “Chrysler Reports Strong First-Quarter Results” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/business/chrysler-reports-strong-results.html “Head Start Faces a New Test” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303990604577368271935279482.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

“Doing the same thing over and over, yet expecting different results, is the definition of crazy.” — Unknown

“Chasing Fees, Banks Court Low-Income Customers” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/business/chasing-fees-banks-court-low-income-customers.html “The End of Newt” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/opinion/collins-the-end-of-newt.html “Engineers Cast Wary Eye On Role of Electric Cars” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304811304577366341672357000.html “Education Slowdown Threatens U.S.” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304177104577307580650834716.html?mod=googlenews_wsj  

“If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.” – Woody Allen

“Debt Collectors Pursue Patients Inside Hospitals” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/business/debt-collector-is-faulted-for-tough-tactics-in-hospitals.html “Brutality of Servility” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/opinion/dowd-brutality-of-servility.html “A Cable Start-Up Lands 3 Big Brands” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/business/media/aspire-cable-channel-lands-3-big-advertisers.html “Leroy T. Walker, a Pioneer of U.S. Olympics, Dies at 43″ –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/sports/olympics/leroy-t-walker-us-olympic-committees-first-black-president-is-dead-at-93.html “Doodling for Dollars” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303978104577362402264009714.html “Who Put Lettuce in My Daffodils?” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303592404577363801818533794.html “The ‘Near Luxury’ Car Buyer, Myth or [...]

“Confidence comes not from always being right but not fearing to be wrong”  –Anonymous

“The Creative Monopoly”–NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/opinion/brooks-the-creative-monopoly.html “Luxury-Car Fight Revs Up” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303978104577361913069497148.html “Detroit Arena’s Revival Points Way for City” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304331204577352101951231234.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama

“When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.” –H. Jackson Brown

“The Amnesia Candidate” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/opinion/krugman-the-amnesia-candidate.html “Hey, Stella You Want To Banter” –NYT http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/theater/reviews/a-streetcar-named-desire-at-the-broadhurst-theater.html “Audi Sees Promise in China’s Appetite for Upscale Cars” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303425504577355620779434672.html “Japan Auto Makers on a Roll” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304331204577353442942113590.html “Think Like a Man’ Pushes Way to Top” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303978104577359923521427602.html “Nissan adopts 15 EV chargers, is first on nappy duty” –Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/20/nissan-free-ev-chargers/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

“Testing the Teachers” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/opinion/brooks-testing-the-teachers.html

“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” –JFK

For the 2010 Census, the following are the household numbers by racial group: 82.3 million White, non-Hispanic households; 14.1 million Black households; 13.5 million Hispanic households; and 4.6 million Asian households out of a total of 116.7 million households nationwide. There are two important Click here to continue reading

“A Boy’s Fast Fame, Built of Cardboard and Tape” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/us/caines-arcade-built-of-cardboard-and-tape-brings-fast-fame.html “Need Research on Generation Y? There’s a Film for That” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/business/media/nbcuniversal-to-entice-advertisers-with-filmed-research.html “Old Brands Get a Second Shot” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303513404577352082845116146.html “VW’s Audi Challenges BMW” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303425504577351602031069754.html?mod=googlenews_wsj  

“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness selfishness” –MLK      

“Studies Question the Pairing Of Food Deserts and Obesity” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/health/research/pairing-of-food-deserts-and-obesity-challenged-in-studies.html “Phony Mommy Wars” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/opinion/dowd-phony-mommy-wars.html “Marketers Find a Friend in Pinterest” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/business/media/marketers-find-a-friend-in-pinterest.html “The Guide And Spirit of Ailey II Steps Down” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/arts/dance/sylvia-waters-steps-down-at-ailey-ii.html “In Facebook Deal, Board Was All But Out of Picture” WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304818404577350191931921290.html “Ford CEO: Battery Is Third of Electric Car [...]

“Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can’t do something themselves they’re gonna tell you that you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period.” –Will Smith    

“What are you doing for others?” – MLK

“An Inmate’s Best Lawyer Turned Out to Be Himself” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/us/inmates-ordeal-shows-vagaries-of-capital-cases.html “Consumers Stepped Up Spending in March” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304432704577347530806018866.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “The ‘Likeable’ Barack Obama” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304432704577348122137533942.html

What the mind can conceive, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill

“A Veteran’s Death, the Nation’s Shame” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/opinion/sunday/kristof-a-veterans-death-the-nations-shame.html “Young, Black, Male And Stalked by Bias” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/opinion/sunday/young-black-male-and-stalked-by-bias.html “Come Back, Sarah Palin” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/opinion/sunday/dowd-come-back-sarah-palin.html “Pandora Courts Local Advertisers, by Offering Well-Defined Listeners” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/business/media/pandora-courts-local-advertisers-by-reaching-a-narrow-audience.html “The Y Takes On Diabetes” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304459804577281473673825662.html “Old Mustang Is Out to Pasture” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303815404577335980934741136.html “Ranault Takes Low-Cost Lead” –WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304356604577338221554946382.html   [...]

“The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it.” Anonymous

“Cannibalize the Future” –NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/opinion/krugman-cannibalize-the-future.html