Worries over interest rates, subprime problems, the falling dollar and high crude oil prices have resulted in a market correction sending the Dow below thirteen thousand, amounting to a ten percent price drop and giving the drop in the average share price that official event designation. In response,... read more

Hey Rod, Way Rod Pomme P itcher this— >Poetry in motion What, a notion. 2 much commotion 4 such a game of 9 Hey, Rod What’s your fame? Play Hard (Not so tame Say What Say Hay Hit the ball win the game catch some raise Say, Hey Drinks on the House Curse the bambini Hows that... read more

Soon we are going to have real world caucuses and primaries that in the past have whittled down and refined the field of candidates for President. Right now Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama appear to be the beneficiaries of up-to-the-minute surges that have boosted their standings in the polls.  Senator... read more

Hi, everyone!  As a follow-up to some of my previous posts on immigration in the United States here at ArsCompendium, I would like to share the following portion of a famous political speech. Please read through the speech instead of succumbing to the urge to skip to the bottom, where I’ve posted... read more

The federal government is responsible for making policy in many areas from health care to the use of natural resources to fighting forest fires. The media, meaning newspapers, have been pointing out the dangers of MRSA, that is, methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus with eighty thousand new cases... read more

It’s enough to strike terror into the heart of anyone who uses the computer for employment: the knowledge that emails haven’t made it through the internet maze. Let me tell you, very few things can make a person feel more defenseless and vulnerable. Even horrendous illnesses and injuries have some... read more

Well, I didn’t. In fact, I stayed far away from the madhouse commercial highway near my home. I did, however, leave the suburbs for our downtown district on Saturday, so today’s piece is really a hodgepodge about the whole “celebrate the season” experience. The first thing I find unbelievable... read more

Have you become so used to your colors, fonts and type sizes that it drives you crazy to use someone else’s computer? We’re becoming pretty spoiled in being able to make so many personal choices. Case in point-this morning we did maintenance on our system and found that Yahoo is continuing to persist... read more

OK…Most of you are probably already aware of the belief that folks are skilled in Math or English, but rarely both. Do you believe it? Or do you think that a person can be equally talented? I happen to think that it all depends on how analytical the person is overall. In my opinion, if one doesn’t... read more

The Dow Jones is a statistical composite combining the stock prices of thirty well known companies. While numerically a one point rise in any member stock translates into an eight point change in the Dow itself, to get real world investing insights, it sometimes pays to look behind the numbers.   J... read more