What does it mean when we read or hear that a firm is financially fit, growing, or flush with earnings? The terms on the surface look simple enough.
Take a look at the following link to an article in the November 2, 2009 Business Week.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_44/b4153000349169.htm
Goodwill, accounts payable and accounts receivable are terms of art. A stroke [...]
Finding ambiguity as a prelude* to critical thinking is fun and relatively easy as long as we examine only those materials containing arguments we dislike.
But to challenge ourselves and our students, select a political speech that you admire as an exercise in identifying ambiguity. In my case, for example, I might choose Franklin Roosevelt’s call [...]
Why, I wonder, do we speak and write as if words have a single meaning? While it would doubtlessly be tiresome to clarify each of our words. What reader or listener would have the tolerance to endure such slow-moving discourse? But we surely need to clarify and seek clarification for key words in our reasoning. [...]
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October 5, 2009 was the first day for Justice Sototmayor in the U. S. Supreme Court. Two cases were argued that day before the Court. Justice Sotomayor was very assertive during the arguments.
Several commentators observed that Justice Stomayor asked more questions of the advocates on her first day than Justice Thomas has asked during his [...]
