This may be the first time in Webnerhouse history that Richard, UJ and I have agreed on something political, but I also think that everyone — especially the public — benefited from the civil, respectful, yet candid conversation between the President and the House Republicans last week. The first step to engagement is discussion. We [...]
Archive for January 31st, 2010
Make It Unanimous
Posted in America, Politics, tagged America, Politics, President Obama, Republicans on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Keep on Trying to Reach Across the Aisle Mr. President
Posted in Politics, tagged President Obama, Question and Answer with GOP on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve not had a chance to view in full the Question and Answer session that the President had with the Republican caucus this week, but I don’t recall in my lifetime a time where a sitting President was willing to take unscripted questions from the opposing party and answer and address them. Once I’ve had a chance to view [...]
Russell’s artwork is going to be featured, along with that of three other Vassar students, in the “4 x 4″ exhibition at the James W. Palmer III Gallery at Vassar College. The news release is here; scroll down to see the information on Russell’s exhibition. The exhibition runs from February 24 to March 4. Stop [...]
Redefining The CEO
Posted in America, The Economy, tagged America, business, CEO, Corporations, economy, PepsiCo on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Marketplace radio program recently carried an interesting interview with the CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi, about redefining the role of the CEO. She believes that a “maniacal focus on the shareholders” led to the financial crisis, and that now CEOs should focus on the “stakeholder” rather than the shareholder. The “stakeholder” concept is a [...]
Audition Tape
Posted in Family, TV, tagged Family, Glee, TV on January 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My niece, Brittany, loves the TV show Glee and prepared her own audition tape for the show, which is posted on Youtube. In the past, she has said that the Webnerhouse blog is boring, so maybe posting her audition video is a way to jazz it up. Good luck, Brittany! Let’s hope you hear from [...]
