Category: News and Politics
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Ehealth continues to lead the insurance enrollment market but in the wrong direction
Ehealth (EHTH) is in the news again since my last blog post on this company on January 5. The company announced losses in the range of $(0.13) to $(0.04), per diluted share compared to earlier expectation of non-GAAP net income of $0.30 to $0.43 per diluted share. Even more telling is that the stock price fluctuated from $8.88-$63.32…
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My attempt to understand the radical Islamic threat
Today’s Wall Street Journal carries an editorial written by Newt Gingrich on the radical Islamic threat. It is well written and very much worth reading. I won’t attempt to summarize or comment on it. Regardless of how you feel about Newt’s politics, he is undeniably a bright guy and a strong writer. I was struck with…
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Update on NJ Sandy Recovery – January 2015
This is meant as a brief summary for those who may not be following the recent news about Sandy recovery. It is not meant to be political, but rather just summarizes what happened over the past week. My own home and business as well as most of my neighbors are still working through the realities…
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Obamacare adviser blues
Some of the telephone and email requests I receive for professional help with Obamacare include phrases like: My theory is … I heard that… My brother-in-law says that … I have a hard time expressing in a socially acceptable manner that as a professional. I cannot and do not have any significant regard for what…
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A simple response to the North Korea threat
The Wall Street Journal headline today reads “U.S. Struggles for Response to Sony Hack” and talks about how advisers from President Barack Obama ’s intelligence, military and diplomatic teams were having daily meetings about the situation, Meanwhile, Americans everywhere were quick to denounce Sony’s decision to cancel distribution of the movie this week. Some of…
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Clarifying my strongest political conviction
I clarified my strongest political conviction on the topic of immigration reform after the recent statistic in this week’s news that 1 in every 7 people here in this country today was born elsewhere. This is reported to be the highest ratio since the early 1920s. The majority of us are living here in the U.S.…
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What I learned this week ending 12/6/2014
Local issues I learned that the weapon cache firepower of my South Jersey neighbors greatly exceeds the weapons cache of our local police forces. There was never much cause to think about this issue in the past but with all the talk about riots this week… It looks increasingly like something is not right with…
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Unhelpful vs. antagonistic government actions against Money Island
Untangling the bureaucratic mess that hampers Sandy recovery is undoubtedly a complicated task. A number of well-intentioned people continue to work on the issue bet we’ve not seen any results here at the tiny community of Money Island NJ. From a pragmatic perspective we can break down the problems we face at Money Island into two…
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Post-Sandy Government Shame List
In the two years since Sandy, I have found myself on the front line of an unfortunate number of unjustifiable actions taken by government against my small business clients and neighbors in the bayshore region of South Jersey. This list compiles ten of the most terrible government actions taken in the two years since Sandy. New…