$522,000 for cranberry and blueberry disease and breeding in New JerseyYou know, I actually agree that federally funded research grants should generally be awarded by peer review, not via earmarks.
Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democrats' 2004 presidential candidate, inflicted a mortal wound on his own campaign with his now-infamous line about Iraq war funding: "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it".
When I started Pabrai Funds, I actually didn't know anything about the investing business.
I actually wrote about the third fund way back in July 2013, but Renert said the fundraising process took about as long as he'd anticipated, because didn't really start in earnest until last year — until then, Tandem was still was still using money from the previous fund.
Over many years of mutual fund investing, trying to grow my modest retirement fund into something that will actually fund my retirement, I have always wondered, Why is it that the market can go so high, but my own account just doesn't go anywhere?
During the first couple of weeks after my funding suddenly ran dry, I actually seemed busier than I was before I left work.
