http://www.timogilvieblog.com Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:25:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.timogilvieblog.com/some-thoughts-on-john-r.-miller-our-fading-national-pastime/ http://www.timogilvieblog.com/some-thoughts-on-john-r.-miller-our-fading-national-pastime/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:25:46 +0000 admin http://www.timogilvieblog.com/some-thoughts-on-john-r.-miller-our-fading-national-pastime/ Funny enough, the worst team in baseball wins 40% of it's games and the best team 60%. So the Yankees and Red Sox are paying a fortune how to motivate a team win those incremental games, and I would dare to say with mixed results. That's what makes the game interesting. Having said that, with a little tweaking (i.e. revenue-sharing) More]]> http://www.timogilvieblog.com/some-thoughts-on-john-r.-miller-our-fading-national-pastime/feed/ 0 http://www.timogilvieblog.com/views-on-why-the-eagles-rihanna-and-the-jonas-brothers-have-canceled-concert-dates-this-summer/ http://www.timogilvieblog.com/views-on-why-the-eagles-rihanna-and-the-jonas-brothers-have-canceled-concert-dates-this-summer/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:46:19 +0000 admin http://www.timogilvieblog.com/views-on-why-the-eagles-rihanna-and-the-jonas-brothers-have-canceled-concert-dates-this-summer/ The Eagles, Art Garfunkel, Meat Loaf...seriously? These bands are not just old, they're stale. Sure they may have a 30-year body of work, but no one car tax bandses if they haven't done anything in the last 10 years. I love how WSJ reporters suffer from a lack of perspective. Ticket sales are down 17%, but it doesn't matter from More]]> http://www.timogilvieblog.com/views-on-why-the-eagles-rihanna-and-the-jonas-brothers-have-canceled-concert-dates-this-summer/feed/ 0 http://www.timogilvieblog.com/a-commentary-on-what-dan-neil-learned-at-the-big-detroit-auto-show-rumble-seat/ http://www.timogilvieblog.com/a-commentary-on-what-dan-neil-learned-at-the-big-detroit-auto-show-rumble-seat/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:44:57 +0000 admin http://www.timogilvieblog.com/a-commentary-on-what-dan-neil-learned-at-the-big-detroit-auto-show-rumble-seat/ What Toyota is experiencing is known as Regression to the Mean. With ten major auto companies world wide, the competition is as intense as it ever was. The biggest companies in the world companies can't stay on top because they lose their competitive edge on quality and response to the market. None of these companies should ever More]]> http://www.timogilvieblog.com/a-commentary-on-what-dan-neil-learned-at-the-big-detroit-auto-show-rumble-seat/feed/ 0 http://www.timogilvieblog.com/my-take-on-mental-ills-are-often-overtreated-and-undertreated-studies-indicate/ http://www.timogilvieblog.com/my-take-on-mental-ills-are-often-overtreated-and-undertreated-studies-indicate/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:43:15 +0000 admin http://www.timogilvieblog.com/my-take-on-mental-ills-are-often-overtreated-and-undertreated-studies-indicate/ Since the placebo also usually involves frequent evaluation in clinic, these studies are always difficult how to handle stress interpret. Placebo in these cases isn't nothing, these patients still are receiving attention and talking to staff, which improves some depression too. What do you mean by social support? If you mean some More]]> http://www.timogilvieblog.com/my-take-on-mental-ills-are-often-overtreated-and-undertreated-studies-indicate/feed/ 0 http://www.timogilvieblog.com/commentary-on-kindle-catches-fire/ http://www.timogilvieblog.com/commentary-on-kindle-catches-fire/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:37:56 +0000 admin http://www.timogilvieblog.com/commentary-on-kindle-catches-fire/ I think the Fire is great. I have an iPad, but my wife has the Fire, and I can see why it is so popular. We have amazon prime so the freebies that come along with the membership really make the Fire optimized for prime members. That being said, I believe the iPad is worth every penny. The iPad and Fire are different devices for More]]> http://www.timogilvieblog.com/commentary-on-kindle-catches-fire/feed/ 0 http://www.timogilvieblog.com/analysis-on-europes-forced-retirees-not-going-to-go-gently/ http://www.timogilvieblog.com/analysis-on-europes-forced-retirees-not-going-to-go-gently/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:37:15 +0000 admin http://www.timogilvieblog.com/analysis-on-europes-forced-retirees-not-going-to-go-gently/ I switched motivation in the workplaceto a new career at 70. I'm 80 and still working. My boss, 20 years younger than I, says she just wants me to keep working until she retires. Retirement at 65 is an artificial concept, started when a U.S. man's average life span was 59 years. Would anyone want a law that requires that all cars More]]> http://www.timogilvieblog.com/analysis-on-europes-forced-retirees-not-going-to-go-gently/feed/ 0 http://www.timogilvieblog.com/views-on-why-chinese-mothers-are-superior/ http://www.timogilvieblog.com/views-on-why-chinese-mothers-are-superior/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:35:50 +0000 admin http://www.timogilvieblog.com/views-on-why-chinese-mothers-are-superior/ I never said it is ok to discriminate, no it is NOT Ok. What I know (which may not be the whole picture) is during an admission process of communication the schools look for diversity, obviously if a school has all piano playing asian kids with straight A+ that is not diversity actually. So for an MBA process if someone from a More]]> http://www.timogilvieblog.com/views-on-why-chinese-mothers-are-superior/feed/ 0 http://www.timogilvieblog.com/an-opinion-on-john-r.-miller-our-fading-national-pastime/ http://www.timogilvieblog.com/an-opinion-on-john-r.-miller-our-fading-national-pastime/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:28:01 +0000 admin http://www.timogilvieblog.com/an-opinion-on-john-r.-miller-our-fading-national-pastime/ More of the canard that a salary cap is socialism while unlimited salaries are somehow the free market. Most people who say this don't know, or purposely obfuscate, the fact that the only reason baseball does not have a salary cap, while other sports do, is an anti-trust decision from the early 20th century. A salary cap is a More]]> http://www.timogilvieblog.com/an-opinion-on-john-r.-miller-our-fading-national-pastime/feed/ 0 http://www.timogilvieblog.com/a-commentary-on-harvey-golub-my-response-to-buffett-and-obama/ http://www.timogilvieblog.com/a-commentary-on-harvey-golub-my-response-to-buffett-and-obama/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:57:16 +0000 admin http://www.timogilvieblog.com/a-commentary-on-harvey-golub-my-response-to-buffett-and-obama/ I am aware of and very critical of the government's widespread waste of money. And I agree with some of the issues raised by Mr. Golub. But I also think that things have come to a bad pass and that is the time to face the reality and to chip in. For instance, technological reality favors renewable energy -- in many cases. Notably, More]]> http://www.timogilvieblog.com/a-commentary-on-harvey-golub-my-response-to-buffett-and-obama/feed/ 0 http://www.timogilvieblog.com/analysis-on-harvey-golub-my-response-to-buffett-and-obama/ http://www.timogilvieblog.com/analysis-on-harvey-golub-my-response-to-buffett-and-obama/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:11:18 +0000 admin http://www.timogilvieblog.com/analysis-on-harvey-golub-my-response-to-buffett-and-obama/ I do not know Mr. Golub's specific circumstances, as to how he gets to t He 80-90% tax level, but here are some numbers for someone living in California.... Assuming your income tax calculator 2012 puts you in the maximum tax bracket 1) Federal tax rate = 35% 2) State tax rate (adjusted for deduction from fed taxes) = 7.35% 3) More]]> http://www.timogilvieblog.com/analysis-on-harvey-golub-my-response-to-buffett-and-obama/feed/ 0