Loving environmental green and seeing red in Italian scandal
Despite the color red on this site — the color of love – more and more these days I am going green. Today in talking about loving green here are two stories that will impact our world in terms of green gas emissions and the price of gas.
Garter belts and “naughty nuns” — a quick break from love and money
As we approach the season of June brides and stories about tossing garters, here is story about a group of men wearing nuns habits and apparently black garters who were arrested in Crete this week-end for their prank.
How Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor Saved Baseball
I stayed with a young couple in New Haven this week-end while participating in Yale Commencement and I saw how they negotiated a touchy relationship issue — baseball. He is a movie and baseball addict and she often complained that he spent most of his time in the living room watching the games.
Hillary Clinton, Honorary Degree at Yale, and her Campus Love
The honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, awarded to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was a surprise at Yale Commencement. Instead of walking across the New Haven Green, she was whisked onto the stage. Usually we walk two by two and then on cue, separate as the dignitaries pass, wave, and sometimes stop for photos as [...]
Susan Boyle video: shining but with serious competition
Were you thrilled or disappointed with Susan Boyle’s second performance? There was a lot of hype about her style, her makeover. But listen to what Simon has to say about her competition! “Shaun, a million times better than anything we have heard!”
Smart Grid and Susan Boyle: Stunning Victories
After a stunning Cape Wind victory in Massachusetts, the US Senate gave the nation renewable energy opportunities by mandating that wind and solar be a requirement for generating a certain percentage of energy. It is all part of the Smart Grid. GreenBusiness
Susan Boyle favored to win Britain’s Got Talent contest– Fabulous back stage video! [...]
Cape Wind Gets Unanimous State Agency Approval Despite Kennedy Roadblocks
Despite opposition from the rich and famous, as was so well documented in the book Cape Wind, visionary Jim Gordon received long awaited news today. Even when the Kennedy clan mobilized their troops, Jim persevered.
As I noted last September, “How committed are we to alternative sources of energy?” The answers depend upon the people with whom [...]
A Comfort Food Business Fights Economic Woes as Above the Law Reports
I’m Italian and when I am the least bit worried, I eat. I like comfort food — breads, pasta, and potatoes smothered in butter. Some people like sweets. One young lawyer turned his love for a comfort food cupcake into an entrepreneurship.
Looking for love from Wall Street to Main Street
Here is my article this month from my monthly column at the Providence Journal:
Making love and money, a very racy Bontrust commercial
This week, Matthew Yeomans writing The Big Money for Reuters tells us “This attention-grabbing ad leaves little to the imagination in depicting love scenes between two types of currency. Does this ad make you eager to invest with Bontrust, or is the promiscuous allusion a turnoff?”
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