Field Reports
Revolution in Iowa
Click here for a narrated photo album of the trip. ————————————————————————————— Where but America can a politician with no obvious advantages apart from being well-organized, energetic, thoughtful, and eloquent go from unknown to political powerhouse in a few short years? A race with more than a dozen candidates is now focused on Barack Obama and [...]
The 2008 Iowa Caucuses
Click here for a narrated photo album of the trip. ————————————————————————————— At Thanksgiving over turkey I realized that the 2008 Iowa caucuses were going to be such an incredible political showdown that I had to go out and see it for myself. Both parties are hosting their most open Presidential primaries in memory — no [...]
China, After 32 Years
I visited China for about 25 days in November of 1974. Nixon had opened the country with his visit to Mao in 1971, the US ping-pong team played in Beijing in 1972, but generally "Red China" was as closed to visitors during the reign of Mao as North Korea is today. My visit occurred during [...]
The IPO Diaries: the Alibris 2004 Road Show
The Money Campaign A Daily Diary of the Alibris 2004 Road Show American stock markets have replaced commercial banks as our most important source of corporate financial capital. Today about 15,000 companies worth trillions of dollars sell shares to the public. Public companies come under the scrutiny of the Securities Exchange Commission, whose first Chairman, [...]
