by tjb | Apr 15, 2026 | Author's Posts
The Who Concert Disaster (1979) The Who Concert Disaster occurred on December 3,1979, outside the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, where 11 people were killed in a crowd crush before a concert by The Who. Common Sense failures were central to the tragedy....
by tjb | Apr 8, 2026 | Author's Posts
The Enron Scandal (2001) * The Enron scandal was one of the most infamous corporate collapses in U.S. history. Enron, once a highly respected energy trading firm, filed for bankruptcy in December 2001 after it was revealed that the company had been hiding massive...
by tjb | Apr 1, 2026 | Author's Posts
The Hillsborough Disaster * The Hillsborough disaster occurred on April 15, 1989, at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield during an FA Cup semifinal between Liverpool F.C. and Nottingham Forest F.C. * A large number of Liverpool supporters were directed into already...
by tjb | Mar 24, 2026 | Author's Posts
A Short-Cut To Profits The following text was taken from the Kiplinger Letter, Vol. 103, No. 10. * “The Food and Drug Admin. is planning to revamp its drug approval process. The agency will now generally require only one clinical trial instead of two before...
by tjb | Mar 17, 2026 | Author's Posts
Hitler’s Boo-Boo * The invasion of the Soviet Union by Adolf Hitler in 1941, known as Operation Barbarossa, is often cited as a major strategic failure caused in part by a lack of practical judgement and common sense. Hitler underestimated the size, resilience,...
by tjb | Mar 10, 2026 | Author's Posts
The Kent State Shootings (1970) * The Kent State shootings occurred on May 4, 1970 at the Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. The incident took place during student protests against the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, which had been announced by Richard...
