Those of you who have been involved in the high speed rail business for a while may recall, with acid reflux, Herb Kelleher, the man who, with some creative legal shenanigans, single-handedly
By William C. Vantuono, Editor Most catastrophes don’t happen as the result of a single failure. There’s usually a series of oversights or smaller failures that eventually lead to a much larger,
By William C. Vantuono, Editor Good design, which evokes feelings of excitement, interest, and admiration, is something that entices people to purchase a certain automobile, or a piece of furniture, as much
By William C. Vantuono, Editor Does anybody remember The Children’s Investment Fund? You know, the all-knowing activist hedge fund that spent much of 2007 and 2008 strutting about, hurling criticisms at CSX,
By William C. Vantuono, Editor March 2009 Economists tell us that to pull the economy out of recession, we need to start spending big dollars on all sorts of projects. That’s what
By William C. Vantuono, Editor February 2009 Twenty-nine years after the Staggers Rail Act freed the railroads from the shackles of excessive regulation and sparked a renaissance, the specter of re-regulation is
Somewhere along the line most of us were advised to brush regularly, floss, avoid too many sweets, etc. Whether we heeded that advice was, and is, our choice, and the consequences of not doing so are ours as well.
You’d think, from reading or viewing the general media coverage of economic issues, that bankers are a bunch of fools, crooks, greedy so-and-so’s, or all three. Bankers are a convenient and popular target. Even in the best of times, bankers are rarely seen as heroes. Not collectively, anyway. So you have to steel yourself-or put on a Teflon shell-during this difficult period, and take satisfaction from the good things you help accomplish.
If a ship springs a leak, it's a problem. If the passengers all run to one side thinking to save themselves, the ship will capsize. Now it's a disaster.