Michael's Jackson's money

Nobody has said yet what i think about Michael's untimely death. I just think: "another famous black guy who dies without a cent"
It is hard enough for each of us to spend wisely the little money we have, it is extremely hard to handle tens of millions and hundreds of millions when you have no financial education. Agatha Christie had that problem, I remember her saying that there was a moment when the money ceases to be pleasant enough to get and becomes a real hassle.
Michael Caine recently said that when he told his mother that he was earning one million pounds per film, she asked "How much is that?"

Sportsmen are supposed to have some financial education, though sometimes you wonder: I remember baseball player Ricky Henderson who framed a check of one million dollars and let it hang on his wall instead of endorsing it.

Usually it is less funny: very friendly sharks will steal the money from under your feet.
You get talented kids? Send them first to a business school.

Welcome back, American dream!

This was the comment of an Italian lady for ABC this morning: "Welcome back, American dream!"
The message remarkably summarizes how Europeans reacted to the election. BBC news even talked about the "messianic" quality of this election. I got emails congratulating me from my European friends (as if suddenly they forgave me for living in the USA!)
As you probably heard, the reputation of America was not at his top level for the last decades. It is significant that it all changed back in a few seconds. I doubt that many Europeans felt like this after a careful examination of the democratic platform, it has nothing to do with the contents.
It is the symbolism of it all. A young President rising from poverty and adverse personal circomstances. A President of mixed race. A President with a dream, talking like and referring to Lincoln.
Well, this is what I think: do not ever underestimate this country.

Welcome back, American dream.