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Hype Man Henry Blodget Is At It Again, Profiling Mark Zuckerberg in New York Magazine

This week’s cover story for New York magazine is a rather defensive profile of Mark “ Watch Out My IPO Pop ” Zuckerberg that seems designed to convince readers that Zuck having 57 percent of Facebook voting shares is a great idea. The piece is penned by none other than dotcom champion and Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget. In honor of Mr. Blodget’s reappearance in the mag, we considered opting ...

How Free Enterprise Saved Civilization

This article originally appeared in the May 21, 2012 issue of Forbes magazine. Freedom?s Forge: How American Produced Victory in World War II???by Arthur Herman (Random House, $28). This fantastic book does two big things. First, it tells the largely unknown story of America's extra??ordinary output of war materials during World War II???output that almost ...

A Growing Body Of Evidence Suggests Watergate Was A Setup To Nail Nixon

Notes: (1) Although these excerpts do not contain footnotes, the book itself is heavily footnoted and exhaustively sourced. (2) To distinguish between George Bush, father and son, George H.W. Bush is sometimes referred to by his nickname Poppy, and George W. Bush by his, W. (3) Additional context can be found in the preceding chapters.

New Army Lab Brings Innovation to Detroit, the Battlefield and Beyond

Detroit had long been known for fantastic automotive innovation. Since Henry Ford and his Model T, the Motor City was the home of the Big 3 carmakers, and through most of the 20th century Detroit led the way with new and creative ideas in the auto industry. That image of Detroit has faded, as Japanese carmakers took over and helped sink General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, until they needed a ...

First Person: What's Next for Berkshire Hathaway?

COMMENTARY | Driving home yesterday, I heard the news of Warren Buffett's cancer diagnosis. First, I thought about the cancer deaths in my family and worried a bit for the man on a personal level. Then, I thought about my shares in Berkshire Hathaway. What does this mean for me as a shareholder?