One Final Look at the Summer of 2017

Week of September 5

One final look at the summer of 2017.

Week of September 11

September 11, 2001, the day when everything changed.

Week of September 18

Huskies Rule! All the others drool!

Week of October 9

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics goes to Jersey boy Richard Thayer of the University of Chicago.

Week of October 30

The complainers get the attention, but the average American can sense our nation’s prospects. The Consumer Confidence Index is higher than it has been in 17 years, since the period following the election of George Bush and before 9/11. We’re far from perfect, but to quote Warren Buffet, “For 240 years its been a terrible mistake to bet against America”.

Week of December 4

The reason Navy has beaten Army 13 of the last 14 years?

Week of December 18

Experts now forecast an 80% likelihood of a "La Nina" winter. ...Hey Jersey - Got Shovels?

Week of January 15

The Business environment in the US continues to be great. Tax cuts and deregulation have pushed the Stock Market to all-time highs. Consumer Confidence is its highest in a generation. And Small Businessmen optimism is, according to National Federation of Independent Businesses president Juanita Duggan, the most “remarkable in 45 years”. See

Week of March 19

It has been made public that a Facebook client gathered data on 50 million users without their affirmative consent. Americans are waking up to the reality that the services offered by major tech companies are not "free" - you are using your privacy as currency, and what you thought was relatively contained has indeed been sold. Does the government need to tightened penalties for lax security? On May 25 the EU will enact tighter laws:EU's GDPR homepage.

And oh yah, do you think Google's security around our student and teacher data is somehow safe forever? Not a chance. Google is not a charity. We too are paying for their servers and software using our privacy in lieu of cash. It is naive to consider our Google Classroom work forever private.

Week of May 21

Memorial Day

I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free

And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me

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Ensign Dantaun Bernstein, USS Mitscher

Ensign Robert Berenson, Aviator, USS Belleau Wood, KIA Okinawa 1945

Midshipman Jadaen Bernstein, USNA

Week of June 11

Thank you to all my students and subs for your efforts while I was in Cincinnati grading AP Econ Exams last week. This is Dream Team 2018, from public and private high schools and colleges around the country.

Week of June 18

Enjoy your summer and rest up for 2018-2019!