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Depression Reality »

By Steve Markom on Dec 24, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments

The patient says, “Doctor, it hurts when I do this.” Doctor says, “Then don’t do that!” – Henny Youngman When you meet someone who is very knowledgeable about a particular industry it probably is because the one thing that person was very smart about was not making the same boneheaded mistakes they made in the [...]

Caroline Versus New York State »

By Steve Markom on Dec 23, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments

As I speculated early this month, the New York U.S. Senate selection is turning in a circus. While a few have dropped out of wanting to be considered, most have not and the main focus has been on Caroline Kennedy. Personally I find it audacious that the very New York person who initially turns against [...]

Better To Have Called Him Sue »

By Steve Markom on Dec 17, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments

We’ve all laughed at these self absorbed entertainment people who gave their sons and daughters odd if not embarrassing names. Going back to when legendary rocker Frank Zappa named his kids Dweezil, Moon Unit, and Diva Tin Muffin, David Bowie naming his kid Zowie, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore naming their kids Scout and Rumer, [...]

So Much For Carrots and Sticks »

By Steve Markom on Dec 15, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Blagojevich is not the only bit of bad news Obama has had over the past week. It only took 24 hours for Obama to get his first dose of foreign policy reality. Iran turned down Obama’s desire to use “a carrot and stick policy” of economic incentives and additional sanctions” to change Iran’s behavior and [...]

Replacing Hillary New York Style »

By Steve Markom on Dec 8, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments

With the selection of Senator Hillary Clinton to become Secretary of State comes another interesting parlor game. Who replaces Hillary – after all this is New York so why should anything here be that simple. While there are two other Senators that are being replaced in January – Joe Biden and Barack Obama – there [...]

Secretary of State or Secretary at War »

By Steve Markom on Dec 1, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments

(Please welcome Steve Markom as a new writer for NoQuarter. Steve is a longtime reader here, and has been a wonderful e-mail penpal with me. We share a deep affection for and appreciation of AMC’s Emmy-winning “Mad Men,” and I’m hoping to entice Steve to write reviews when AMC reairs the series so you can [...]