One of the more foolish discussions of the day is whether the Anaheim Angels should do the sporting thing and pitch to Barry Bonds in the World Series.
Most of us will find ourselves and our loved ones somewhere in the pages of this penny-wise and bullion-foolish discussion about Americans' attitudes toward thrift — bargain-hunting, thrift-shopping, dumpster-diving, or (you know who you are) calculating the savings on three-hundred-dollar boots amortized over a five-year period.
Most of us will find ourselves and our loved ones somewhere in the pages of this penny-wise and bullion-foolish discussion about Americans' attitudes toward thrift —bargain-hunting, thrift-shopping, dumpster-diving, or (you know who you are) calculating the savings on three-hundred-dollar boots amortized over a five-year period.
And all the more foolish, as a serious discussion of our past on nuclear weapons carries important lessons for the future.
It used to be that watching dramatic shows was something like a communal event: you couldn't miss an episode of "N.Y.P.D. Blue," say, without feeling foolish at the water cooler discussion next morning.
"It's perhaps the most foolish set of tax policies under discussion in all of Europe," said J.D. Foster, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
As I absorbed his remarks about the demise of white culture in our country today, I felt hoodwinked, foolish for ever believing that our book discussion group could be as transformative as I passionately insist it is.
Yet it is equally foolish to ignore hard data, and ongoing discussions with leading investors along Sand Hill Road and China indicate some trends to watch.
The discussion would then have been as much about foolish lenders as about lazy borrowers.
In an interview last month with The New York Times, he said discussion about that at this stage was premature and foolish.
