tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post1690245253044425228..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Hamilton tickets, wine prices and validationW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-89306080071855054762016-04-17T02:10:20.542-07:002016-04-17T02:10:20.542-07:00If you wish to "arm" yourself with rejoi...If you wish to "arm" yourself with rejoiners, study the masters:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Why-Duck-Richard-Anobile/dp/0380004526/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460883723&sr=1-1&refinements=p_27%3ARichard+Anobile<br /><br />-- and --<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Hooray-Captain-Spaulding-Verbal-Crackers/dp/0517516837/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460883769&Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537737782259421612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-79284918219383068012016-04-17T01:40:33.008-07:002016-04-17T01:40:33.008-07:00"I sent her a shutdown email ..."
Remin..."I sent her a shutdown email ..."<br /><br />Reminded me of this guest commentary in this weekend's Wall Street Journal [*] "Opinion" section on "The Perfect Squelch."<br /><br />"In the Venomous Tweeter Era, Hankering for the Artful Squelcher;<br />The ability to offer a nimble rejoinder once enjoyed a place of honor in the Saturday Evening Post."<br /Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537737782259421612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-38872219825998916242016-04-15T04:15:29.148-07:002016-04-15T04:15:29.148-07:00You're also dealing with NYC hubris here, in w...You're also dealing with NYC hubris here, in which people who live in Manhattan have to tell the rest of us what we're dong wrong because we aren't very smart. This is a particular cross for those of us to bear who grew up in Chicago.<br /><br />The difference between the theater and wine is also important. I would never, ever pay $300 for a bottle of wine, but if if I could pay $300 Jeff Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612139907510650419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-72655839791395968422016-04-14T08:29:55.169-07:002016-04-14T08:29:55.169-07:00Ringo: I have had more than one financial journali...Ringo: I have had more than one financial journalist explain to me that they only drink Two Buck Chuck, and it's foolish to spend more when a cheaper product is available. One editor used to tell me this about once a month.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-60138605039920757462016-04-14T08:02:01.755-07:002016-04-14T08:02:01.755-07:00Financial journalists tend to be supremely ignoran...Financial journalists tend to be supremely ignorant about economics. The term 'price discovery' and how value is determined in a free market are ideas they have never confronted. I'd find it ironic if I didn't already have such a cynical view of the financial press.Ringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342325461185790600noreply@blogger.com