[Then, as now, the party was about much more than the game; it was about kids away from home for the first time, testing their limits and themselves, which might be, after all, the literal definition of education.] What's wrong with the Dionysian tradition of letting out what's normally repressed? ... College is about this kind of explosion. It should be a place where special excitements and possibilities are part of the package. I'm pretty sure drinking to excess predated our collegiate football leagues by, like, thousands of years. |
A factor on everyone's minds is the pipeline. Investors want to know what's coming up on the menu. |
He'd be hurt, but he'd be alive. |
I'm suspicious that what's behind the academic call for doing away with athletic scholarships is a nostalgia for the good old days, which leaves out everyone but white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, ... world's biggest cocktail party. |
The banking industry is extraordinarily prepared, but there's no way to keep all operations up and running when they are under the water. |
The credit cycle likely peaked last year. But we aren't looking at a sharp drop down, rather a long sloping hillside. |
The Dow is up on the year and anything that has a positive spin to it certainly helps give you a better feel in the credit market. But the question is sustainability? |
These deals are still relatively new to the market. People may be a little more nervous about where hybrids are headed. |
You have to know what you're buying in to. Hybrid securities are going to be the most sensitive to any bad times in the credit markets. |