• The History of Patrick Byrne’s Sith Lord

    If you like to read about delusional rantings and paranoid conspiracy theories, you can’t help but follow full-time message board poster Patrick Byrne. He moonlights as the CEO of failing online retailer Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), but his real purpose in life […]

  • Your Wisconsin Law License Was Just Devalued By the Supreme Court of Wisconsin

    I can’t say I’m shocked. Disgusted, of course. But not shocked. Hazel J. Washington, two-time felon, had her Wisconsin law license reinstated by a June 20, 2008 order of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. The most hilarious part of their […]

  • Bradford Richardson, president of Shaklee International

    As I predicted in this November 14 post, Bradford Richardson has gone to work for Shaklee. He left Usana Health Sciences (NASDAQ:USNA) to become Shaklee’s new president of international operations. I have a theory that once the Cheating in China […]

  • The End of Sarbanes-Oxley?

    Auditors and consultants around the country would like to string me up for my vocal dislike of Sarbanes-Oxley. I frequently moan that the cost is too high, the results are too poor, and consumers are fooled into thinking there’s been […]

  • The Cost (and Risks) of Becoming an Audit Partner

    Ever since my days as a staff auditor at Arthur Andersen, I’ve wondered what it costs to become a partner at a large firm. It’s obviously not something that is widely discussed with staff, so the youngsters all remain clueless. […]

  • Career to Count On: Accounting More Popular Than Ever

    AOL.com and Yahoo! hotjobs By Vicki Salemi If the enrollment numbers are any indication of its widespread appeal, crunching numbers is cool. According to the American Institute of CPA’s, more than 64,000 students graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in […]

  • You ask Google, I answer

    Question: What happens if skip an IRS audit? Answer: The IRS will pick a number and tax you based upon that. The number they pick is designed to be painful, in the hope that you will be “encouraged” to cooperate. […]

  • Are School Teachers Overpaid?

    I found a very interesting study on the pay of school teachers, and I think it’s relevant because I’ve been discussing the high pay of the Milwaukee Public School teachers, but the low performance of the district. Take a look […]

  • Facts and Figures on Milwaukee Public Schools

    In the game of “where does our money go,” I think these numbers are very important. I wonder if other school districts waste money as well as Milwaukee Public Schools? For the 2007-2008 school year, MPS reports the following:

  • MPS board members don’t understand basic business principles

    Today the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran another story about the Milwaukee Public Schools budget for next year. I’ve pointed out recently that MPS expects a drop in enrollment of almost 5%. Yet spending is going up 1.5%. That’s a gap […]