Few situations in life are black and white. This is one of them. China clearly broke the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration when it started fixing Hong Kong’s elections by eliminating candidates Beijing didn’t approve of. According to the treaty, Hong Kong’s capitalist system and way of life were to be[…] Read On
Marc Benioff wishes he was half as clever as Jim Stewart. ICYMI, Salesforce co-CEO Benioff wrote an op-ed for the N.Y. Times today, We Need a New Capitalism, where the left-leaning executive claims that capitalism in America is broken. And he has the fix: Big government and wealth redistribution. Of[…] Read On
Fanatic. Zealot. Demagogue. Do any of these terms describe you? I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess no. I mean, who in his right mind would want to be identified as someone who blindly follows or uses false arguments to promote a belief system? That’s right,[…] Read On
Crazy news week. Let’s dive right in, folks … Who turned out the lights? PG&E’s answer to powerline equipment sparking wildfires is simple: Turn off the power. In all fairness, California’s public utility got sued into bankruptcy for fires that destroyed countless homes and businesses and killed a lot of[…] Read On
In a society bombarded by unlimited content, endless entertainment and 24×7 news, it’s no wonder that hyperbole sells. The question is, who’s buying it? Hyperbole is the only way to get above the noise and differentiate – at least that’s what everyone with zero creativity and talent thinks. Since they[…] Read On
Turns out that beef isn’t bad for you after all. Sorry cows. A meta-study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine conducted by 14 scientists from 7 countries following rigorous systematic review methodologies concludes that there is no need to eat less red meat. Same goes for processed meat. Guess[…] Read On
So, I’m sitting out on the veranda, trying to get a little work done, when a friend sends me a text, #EatTheChildren, with a video of a meeting where some lunatic is ranting at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We only have a few months left. We don’t have enough time. There’s too[…] Read On