Category Archives: Cahier/Journal

In A Season of Decay, Rebirth…

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Malcolm Farley

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QUOTE OF THE DAY: Keynes on Bankers

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Malcolm Farley

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Keynes on Bankers In the financial industry, the imperative to minimize career risk produces herd behavior. As John Maynard Keynes… put it, “A sound banker, alas! is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, … Continue reading →

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Traveler’s Journal (December 2007)

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Malcolm Farley

Traveler’s Journal (December 2007) The ancient Greeks believed that the spirits of the newly dead, arriving in the underworld, had to drink from the River Lethe whose magical waters erased their memories and prepped them for oblivion.  Something similar must … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Malcolm Farley

From LEAD POISONING IN CHINA: THE HIDDEN SCOURGE (New York Times: Wednesday, June 15, 2011) “…Han Zongyuan, a [battery] factory worker, said he learned in March that [his daughter] had absorbed enough lead to irreversibly diminish her intellectual capacity and … Continue reading →

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Washington D.C. Diary

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Malcolm Farley

We visited Washington D.C. on Columbus Day weekend for what seemed like the last exhalation of “summer’s honeyed breath.”  It was balmy enough to eat outside each night.  On Sunday afternoon, we rented bikes from the city’s new “rent-a-bike” system … Continue reading →

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