President Trump is waging war on @Jack and Twitter. Meanwhile Mark Zuckerberg is trying desperately to stay out of the crossfire and keep AG Bill Barr off his and Facebook’s back. Good luck with that. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has really stepped in it this time. I mean big-time. And[…] Read On
Monthly Archives: May 2020
Covid America, ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ Style
In case anyone’s wondering why I haven’t written anything this week, my brain is fried. I mean seriously fried. If this were an episode of iZombie, Rose “Olivia” McIver would be piling lettuce, tomatoes, onions, mayo and hot sauce on a toasted bun and chowing down like it was the[…] Read On
We May Have Shut Down the Economy for No Reason
Get this folks: There’s a very real chance that we locked Americans in their homes for months, shut down the economy, cost the nation trillions, caused countless small businesses to fail and cost Americans millions of jobs for absolutely no reason. Permission to be cynical: California’s celebrating news that confirmed[…] Read On
The Myth of the Big Idea
Our culture is obsessed with big ideas. As if a concept is anything but a starting point on the long arduous road to building a sustainable enterprise. The late great Mark McCormack observed that true champions are never satisfied with their own achievements. Be that as it may, our culture[…] Read On
Mask, No Mask or Unmask?
Cruising into town, top down on a typical spring day, we passed three of our neighbors taking a walk. They were all wearing face masks. One of them was walking on the opposite side of the road from the others. As we and our uncovered faces drove cheerfully by, music[…] Read On
Dr. Fauci, the Nanny State and the Cost of Freedom
Today, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that reopening the economy too soon without meeting appropriate checkpoints, without ensuring capacity to handle spikes in infection, could be risky. Well, duh. Tell us something we don’t know. While you’re at it, Dr. Fauci, why don’t you tell us what the odds are that[…] Read On
When Is Normal?
This is starting to get a little ridiculous. I look like a whacked-out hippie or some crazy old dude who thinks he’s still in an 80s hair band. The Bangles and Bon Jovi got nothing on me. On the flip-side I can skip the deodorant and eat tuna salad with[…] Read On