Tag Archives: America

3 cheers for the Red, White, and Blue…

July 4, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 14 Comments

So, we celebrate today as our Independence Day. Despite the fact that the Declaration was issued a few days earlier than this some 242 years ago. And, as was true for Israel when it declared its independence in 1948, the neighbors weren’t so sure we were independent. OK. Not the neighbors- Brittain. Sure , it decided to pull out of the States, but the War of 1812 was really the end of our long battle(s) for independence from Brittain.

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Business Management, Technology

STEM Leadership

June 11, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 9 Comments

STEM. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. (Of which I most recently spoke last Friday.)

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Just Because

We hold these truths to be self-evident…

May 16, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 4 Comments

Our country is changing.

Normally, we would say that change is good. But, the change that is coming over America is anything but. I admit that as a Jewish individual, I may feel this change more prominently than most. Why would that be true?

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The 12th…

February 12, 2018 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 9 Comments

On days like today, I miss not living in New York. Because, back when I lived in metropolitan New York, we had two secular holidays in February- Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday. Our 16^th and 1^st Presidents.

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Business Management, Economy, Taxes

Real Tax Reform- that grows America and it’s businesses!

August 30, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 2 Comments

It’s a truism that reforming the corporate tax rates should encourage businesses to invest in ways to improve their bottom line. That normally means finding a way to enhance productivity. But, that also means the lower rates are part of a program to remove special interests.

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It continues!

August 17, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 6 Comments

Given the events of this past weekend in Charlottesville, I decided to break into my queue.

After all, I lived there for 13 years. And, one of my finest accomplishments there (other than the birth of my two daughters and a slew of great products) was bringing life to the 150 year old synagogue there. Jeff Poelvoorde and I spent months convincing folks to come to a traditional Saturday morning service. And, with time, a wonderful Jewish community- shared lives, families, food- developed. And, continues there still some 3 decades later.

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CCXLVI. Oh, and XXVI, 2!

July 4, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 17 Comments

Ah, facts. Long before our current president, we weren’t always meticulous about dates and facts. After all, we did decide to use 4 July 1776 as the date we proclaimed our independence from Britain. Even if the Declaration of Independence was issued two or three days earlier. And, that means we celebrate our Freedom 241 years later today. (Thankfully, it is not among those days that Congress, in its infinite wisdom [read as stupidity], elected to move to Mondays, affording a longer weekend. ) We celebrate the day with fireworks, with going to the beach, with barbeques, and with get-togethers.

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It’s not just a day off.

May 29, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 4 Comments

If you live in the States, the odds are you have no clue that today is “Decoration Day”. Then, it was always the 30th of May. Not the “If it’s Monday, we need a holiday” version we are celebrating today (the 29th of May).

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Armistice Veterans Day

November 11, 2016 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 13 Comments

It was on the 11th hour of the 11th month in 1918 that “The Great War” ended. Thaw was what the he first World War (no one expected the second- but they should have) was called that back then. It’s the name my father learned, too- and it was among the last sanctioned battles in which my grandfather (my mother’s father) was a participant.

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Who’s the April Fool?

April 2, 2015 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 6 Comments

When I moved to Charlottesville in the mid-70’s, I was presented with many culture shocks. Some were minor annoyances (there’s a chance of snow tomorrow, y’all, and schools will be closed), others made life a …..

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