Hogan’s Goat or an Easy Way to End a Story
by
Tom Wilson
As I walked up to join my group of coworkers, the coworker from Ohio, Eddie, was saying, “He’s f****** up like Hogan’s goat.”
“Who you talking about,” I asked? The little group broke up somewhat sheepishly; I never did get an answer. All of which led [...]

Things One Overhears
Tom Wilson
My daughter was a senior in college when the following events took place. She is our only child and I have to admit unabashedly she is, as the saying goes, the apple of her father’s eye. She was studying premed; and because of the rigors of such studies, I had told at [...]

These companies represent the big three of credit ratings services. You want to buy a car, buy a home, extend your line of credit, get a new credit card with a more favorable rate of interest, at least one, maybe two or all three of these companies will be an integral part of the final [...]

NCAA Worldwide?
by Tom Wilson
The other day a fella asked me if Heidelberg University, the Sorbonne in Paris, Cambridge and Oxford in England, Hebrew University in Israel or McGill University in Canada had good sports teams like those in the Big East, or ACC, or SEC, or Big Ten, or Pac Ten, or Big Eight, or [...]

A Modest Proposal: Throw the Scoundrels Out!
Tom Wilson
Here’s a question or maybe more accurately an observation. Why do rich guys own all or most of the sport franchises? Why isn’t the Green Bay model more the norm rather than what is the norm? The franchises make money don’t they? They must be a good investment [...]