Jacks Are Home Runs. So Are Dongs,

Baseball Is This Intense Subculture That Actually Doesn't Speak Very Much For The Larger Culture.

He's A Machine For Competitive Balance, ... Yes, The Money Is In New York. Yes, The Money Is In His Hands. But He Squanders Money. Thank God For It.

The Germans Made Just About Every Bad Investment You Could Have Made In The Last 10 Years. They Invested In Icelandic Banks. They Invested In Greek Government Bonds. They Were Heavy Into Irish Banks, Big Into Irish Banks, And They Bought U.s. Subprime Mortgage Bonds.

A Credit Default Swap Was Confusing Mainly Because It Wasn't Really A Swap At All. It Was An Insurance Policy, Typically On A Corporate Bond, With Semiannual Premium Payments And A Fixed Term.

A Tourist Can't Help But Have A Distorted Opinion Of A Place: He Meets Unrepresentative People, Has Unrepresentative Experiences, And Runs Around Imposing Upon The Place The Fantastic Mental Pictures He Had In His Head When He Got There.